The Bowdoin Orient

Two varsity crews braved the cold, fast winds, white caps, and choppy water on the Charles River to take second and sixth places in their events at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday.

Two other gringos and I traveled to the town of Petrohué on Lago Todos los Santos southern Chile this September. According to the guidebooks, Petrohué is picturesque, situated on the lake and surrounded by a beautiful national park. What the guidebooks neglected to mention was the size of this "town."

Bowdoin's crew topped regional teams in the New England Fours championship regatta in Lowell, Massachusetts, walking away with both the men's and women's event trophies as well as the overall points trophy.

Bowdoin's crew team faced local competitors Bates and Colby this weekend on the Androscoggin River in the hopes of winning the annual President's Cup, a trophy that has successfully eluded the team for the past few years.

At the first full-fleet regatta of the season, the Bowdoin Crew met up with its traditional opponents Middlebury and Amherst for the annual Big Three race on the Connecticut River in Hadley, Massachusetts.

The last two weeks have seen the kick-off of the spring racing season for the Bowdoin Crew. After spending all of Spring Break in South Carolina at a rowing camp, the team took to the icy waters of the New Meadows River in Bath to prepare for a long and competitive season of racing.