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More than 1,600 crew teams will converge on downtown Chattanooga Nov. 5-6 for the 31st Head of the Hooch, the second largest regatta in the United States. High school, college and masters teams will take on the 5000-meter course, ending each race at Ross’s Landing and providing spectators a variety of great venues to watch racers travel downriver.

Races run from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sunday.

Join thousands of other fans filling the downtown riverfront to cheer on teams from right here at home and across the country.

WHAT: Head of the Hooch

WHEN: Nov. 5-6, 2011