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Every year, the Head of the Charles Regatta draws tens of thousands of visitors and athletes to Cambridge to participate in the largest three-day rowing regatta in the world.

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The Regatta runs for three miles along the Charles River. First started in 1965, the Regatta is a “head” race, where rowers compete with each other against the clock.

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Bowdoin College and Bates College Men’s rowing teams race side by side underneath the Eliot Bridge.

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Women's lightweight rower Calliste A.O. Skouras ’24 embraces her friends after winning the women’s lightweight division race.

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Here, rowers prepare to lower a boat into the Charles River for the race.

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A scull and a quad pass by each other underneath the Anderson Memorial Bridge.

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The race begins from the Western Avenue Bridge at the Boston University DeWolfe Boathouse and ends near the Harvard Athletic Complex.

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Spectators along the banks look on the event with binoculars.

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Vendors pitch tents along the Charles River to provide food, drinks, and fun to the attendees.

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The Harvard-Radcliffe Varsity Lightweight team celebrates its victory on the dock of the Weld Boathouse with their coach, friends and family.