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Trailer Registration is CLOSED (email to be placed on a waitlist [email protected])

Welcome to the Head of the Occoquan (HOTO)

The HOTO is a full 5K head race.  Races start 4K upstream from the launch area.  You need to navigate several challenging turns and plan your moves strategically.  /cms/uploads/occoquan_boat_club/files/HOTO%20course%20map.jpg

Race day schedule:

   Saturday:  Registration and weigh-ins opens 8:00,  Coaches/Coxswain meeting 8:45, first race 10:30

   Sunday:  Registration and weigh-ins opens 7:00,  Coaches/Coxswain meeting 7:45, first race 9:00

   Here's a full Coaches and Coxswain briefing.  The race day meeting will be a much abbreviated version of this covering news of the day (e.g. weather), key safety items, course highlights, followed by Q&A. HOTO 2024 coaches and coxswain briefing v1

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS - REGISTRATION: Because of Northern Virginia park limits on number of entrants and trailers, all lineups and boat transportation needs must be reported at time of registration.

Event/Lineup Registration closes by the soonest of: 

1. October 23 @ 10:00 PM EST or: 
2. When the maximum number of allowed trailers and participants set by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) is met. 

Transportation Registration is REQUIRED (Trailer/Car Topper/Bus Parking Request and Shared Trailer Information): 

Space is limited at this venue. ALL teams coming to the Occoquan MUST tell us how you plan to get your equipment and athletes to the venue.

1. All boat trailers brought into the park for the regatta MUST be registered. 
   1. Trailer Parking Registration:  Trailer Registration is CLOSED  (email to be placed on a waitlist [email protected])
   2. Shared Trailer Information:  https://forms.gle/BQMbA6rZazwUVJAy7
2. All car toppers brought into the park for the regatta MUST be registered. https://forms.gle/C3EFumwQ8WNVDgDH9
3. All buses MUST be registered. https://forms.gle/gMMaDLm5MWC4HVMJ9

Team Tent Requests - Need tent space? Sunday tent space is full  (email the regatta to discuss [email protected]

Waivers: Every competitor (or guardian of minor competitor) must have executed the OBC HOTO Release of Liability (the “Waiver”) to row in the Head of the Occoquan. The Waiver is accessed through Regatta Central (https://waivers.regattacentral.com/OBC2024).