Head of the Dog

  • Hosted By: Portland Boat Club

 Tiff Wood as the Red Baron             Sally Keller and Sarah Zachem  Best of Breed Trophy         Jen Devine, Lisa Schlenker

                            Join us at the 24th edition of the Head of the Dog

  After attending  the Green Mountain Head in Putney, Vermont in 1987, the organizers decided that the Northwest deserved its own sculling regatta.  The first event was run on Halloween 1987, with 3 pairs.  Due to that first date, the costume event was born.  The winner of the event gets to take home, and add to, the coveted Best of Breed trophy. 

We have had every costume from cross dressing french maids, to plumbers who took their coffee break before the finish, to a canoe entry that actually bribed the judges with hot dogs they grilled during the race.