Hotel Commonwealth’s Partnership With Head Of The Charles Regatta A Great Success

Hotel Commonwealth is proud to have served as the Official Hotel of the 43rd Head Of The Charles Regatta held on October 20-21, 2007. As the Official Hotel of the Head Of The Charles, Hotel Commonwealth ’s exciting event offerings included an exclusive sculling clinic, a guest hospitality tent at the event, accommodation packages and more.

We also are pleased to announce that Hotel Commonwealth will once again be the Official Hotel of the Head Of The Charles Regatta for the 44th race in October 2008. Please check back for more information on packages and special offerings as they become available.

About Head of The Charles Regatta

Head Of The Charles Regatta®, the world's largest two-day rowing event, was first held on October 16, 1965. The race was established by the Cambridge Boat Club members D'Arcy MacMahon, Howard McIntyre, and Jack Vincent, with the advice of Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett. Arlett proposed that a "head of the river" race similar in tradition to races held in his native England , be held on the Charles River . "Head" races, a class of regattas, are generally three miles long. Boats race against each other and the clock, starting sequentially approximately fifteen seconds apart. Winners of each race receive the honorary title of "Head of the River" or, in this case, "Head Of The Charles."

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