2024 Umpire Guide: Read about the purpose and function of the Umpires Committee and meet the leadership team.

2024 Umpires Quick Guide to Penalties: Review this 1-page summary of the key points about the penalties you may assess during racing

2024 Competitors Guide to Avoiding Penalties: This is given to every competitor as an aid to avoiding penalties and following the rules of racing.

2024 Emergency Safety Protocol: Follow this script if you need to report an emergency during racing

2024 Umpire Assignments By Station: The umpire assignments will be posted the week of the regatta.

2024 Umpire Assignments By Name: Also posted the week of the regatta, listed by name rather than station.

2024 HOCR Rulebook: Official regatta rules in PDF format (you’ll get a paper copy with your handouts)

2024 HOCR Athlete Guide: The athlete guide for this year’s regatta. The competitors are expected to know all the information included in this document.

2024 Umpire Station Guide: This shows you where each umpire station is placed along the side of the course.

2024 Umpire Location Map: a full map customized with our locations, including station information.

2023 HOCR Comprehensive Map: Detailed traffic pattern, emergency short course, operations locations. We will update this to the 2024 version once available, but it should be very similar to the one from 2023.

2024 Umpire Transportation Summary: the where and when of the weekend you need to know when it comes to transportation.

Volunteer Sign Up – All of the umpire slots for 2024 are now full. Thank you for your interest. 

2024 Umpire Volunteer Shift Times and Descriptions: Check this out before completing your Volunteer Sign Up for information about the times and jobs available.

HOCR Course Video

Please pay close attention to the shuttle transportation available – we are simultaneously moving a large number of people around a very busy course on a tight schedule of racing. There will be volunteers driving shuttle vans who know their routes and locations to help get you where you need to be, but they don’t know you! So please help them out and pay attention to where you need to be and when. If you are left behind, unfortunately we cannot turn everyone around, so please don’t get left behind.

Head racing in New England means one thing above all – volatile weather! Please pack appropriately and bring layers of clothing. Standing by the side of a river all day can be chilly, even in warm weather – extra socks, hats, gloves, hand warmers, and a good jacket are all recommended. The key is layers and comfortable footwear!

Please make sure you cell phones are fully charged! If we need to be in touch with you, we’ll be communicating via mobile phone. Please make sure you’re charged and ready to go for the day.

We will have volunteer cyclists who will be picking up penalty forms and keeping you supplied with snacks over the course of racing. Lunch will be available each day for volunteers. If you have specific dietary needs, please bring what you need to take care of you!

We continue to progress the HOCR’s sustainability journey. As you have in past years, please bring your own water bottle. We are limiting plastic use and will not be providing plastic bottles. There will be water fill stations located at various points across the course. Lunch will come with aluminum cans of juice/sodas.

Boathouse access is limited, please expect bathrooms to be port-a-potties around the course.

Delivered to stations before the start of racing each day, umpires will find in their locked station bins:

• Station Binders – penalty forms, operations map, safety protocol, umpire quick guide to penalties, umpire phone list, umpire assignments
• Binoculars
• Clipboards
• Megaphone
• Backup Set of Penalty forms

The Station Lead Umpire will also pick up the following each morning at the morning briefing:

• Caution Tape (50 yds each station, each day)
• Compostable garbage bag
• Race entry list
• iPad for reporting penalties
• Regatta radio