The Putney Rowing Club hosts the Green Mountain Head Regatta every year at the beginning of fall when the natural beauty of the location is usually heightened by developing fall foliage.  For many years the regatta was held on the Connecticut River in Putney, Vermont before moving to its present location 16 miles upstream in Herrick’s Cove near Bellows Falls. Unlike most fall head races, the regatta is only for sculling boats (two oars/rower) and draws competitors of every ability and age from the eastern seaboard and Canada.  It is also unusual in that it is a stake format race in which boats race one and a half miles upstream, turn around a pair of buoys and return.  Although the level of rowing is high, the regatta atmosphere is informal and relaxed.