Greetings,
I want to find the old website for the Head of the Charles Regatta.
It used to have a list of all previous winners, but it seems that the
present site no longer includes this information (but if you find that
it still does, where?).

I would like not only the link (thanks), but also instructions on how
to find/access archived websites.

Many thanks, Myoarin

Howdy, Myoarin. Thanks for asking for me! It is always good to see my
name in print, unless someone is publishing gossip. ;-)

I believe I've found a list of previous winners that is on the current
website of the Head of the Charles Regatta. It's in a .pdf "Media
Guide." Just do a word search in the document for the phrase "past
winners," or scroll down to page 37:

Head of the Charles Regatta: 2005 Media Guide
http://www.hocr.org/pdf/media.pdf

I located this by doing a site-specific Google search using the
keywords "winners" and "1999" (a year I picked at random because I
like the look of it). It appears that, although this can still be
accessed directly on the website, there is no longer a menu link to
it. I couldn't find one, anyway. It seems to be an orphaned document.

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: site:hocr.org winners 1999
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ahocr.org+winners+1999

Regarding the matter of accessing archived websites, the "Wayback
Machine" at archive.org is an amazing tool. Although not everything
that has ever appeared on the Web is cached here, you will find a
remarkable number of old webpages and websites, some of which are
intact and fully functional. To use the Wayback Machine, just enter a
URL in the box above the button that says "Take Me Back," then click
the button.

Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org

There is also an Advanced Search page that allows you to limit your
search in various ways, and provides tips for using the service:

Wayback Machine: Advanced Search
http://web.archive.org/collections/web/advanced.html

Here is a list of cached copies of the Head of the Charles Regatta
site. A sampling of more than eight years of past pages may be found
here:

Wayback Machine: hocr.org
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://hocr.org

I selected an archive from February 28, 2005 and prowled around to see
what I could turn up. You'll find a list of previous winners by
clicking the red bar that says "PAST REGATTA WINNERS" here (scroll
down after the new window opens in the frame):

Wayback Machine: hocr.org
http://web.archive.org/web/20050305060105/www.hocr.org/indexspec.html

I hope this helps! Thanks for an enjoyable research project. I had
never heard of the Head of the Charles Regatta, and I've learned
something. Unfortunately, every time a new fact enters my head, an old
one is forced out, so now I can't remember where I put my spare pair
of bifocals.

Best always.
Pink

Great work, Pinky!  Many thanks.  I also eventually found the page on
the current website by clicking on media under regatta 2006 and then
on the complete media guide in the line of text (so it isn't
orphaned).  I had trouble with the archived pages, but that doesn't
matter.  Now, at least, I understand a little about how to use
archive.org.
Did you say something about liking to see one's name in print?  ;-)

Thank you, and best regards, Myo

Greetings, Myoarin

I am very sorry to learn that Charles Regatta has lost his head.

Did he succumb to Madame La Guillotine? Or The Axeman?

These things happen but maybe given the wonders of modern surgery it
can be stitched back on.

Good luck with your Noble Quest.

Your One and Only True Friend in this Wicked World

Byoarout

Lieber Bryan,

I fear that the Charles River was named after an unfortunate English
monarch who DID lose his head.  He remembered putting it on the block,
but then suddenly it was not there any more  - just gone, lost. 
"Remembered" is the wrong word:  he knew he put it on the block ...
Modern political correctness would call for the river's having been
renamed, but maybe the 17th c. residents of Boston and Cambridge took
an unholy pleasure in celebrating his demise by keeping the name. 
Cotton Mather and co. could be like that; they allowed themselves few
other pleasures.

Good to know that I have one friend in this dreary and and dingy world.  :)

Myoarin

Ha, Myo, 'Tis worse than I thought.

I fear that the surgeons will have to find a head from somewhere if
they are going to be asked to do a repair job.

I truly hope that the Mistress Freud will be able to assist thee.

I seem to recall that Sigmund himself knew quite a lot about head cases.

Good Luck!

Bryo

Myoarin,

Many thanks for the five stars and the lavish tip! I am glad to learn
that the poor little document wasn't an orphan, after all. I had
envisioned it shivering alone in cyberspace, craving a link to
someone. Now I shall stop worrying about the emotional state of a .pdf
file and return to the important matter of figuring out where I put my
$!@#? spare pair of bifocals.

~Pink

"She did it! By God, she did it!"  
The Head was there all along, properly attached to the body of the website.

Thanks for the support, Bryan.

Yes, Myo, I never doubted that the Mistress Freud would do the biz.

Please do take better care of your heads in future and always remember
that two heads are better than none.

As for misplacing one's bi-focals, I have noticed that a lot of
elderly folk now have theirs super-glued on their face.

Just a thought!

Bryan the Ever Helpful