Rowing, Head of the Lake Regatta, November 2 2014, Seattle, Lake Union, Space Needle, Washington State, Lake Washington Rowing Club's Annual Regatta, Regatta Course, a the 3 mile head race, starts in Lake Union through Portage Bay past the University of Washington campus through the Montlake Cut and into Union Bay before reversing back to the finish and the Conibear Shellhouse. 457 crews from the Northwest and Canada participated.