MINI Hits the Water at the Head of the Charles Regatta
This weekend, attendees at the Head of the Charles Regatta® (HOCR) in Cambridge, Massachusetts will be in for a sight that they weren’t expecting… A Chili Red MINI Convertible boat motoring along on the Charles River during the races.

<p>Putting my pedantic hat on now…</p>
<p>Anybody else notice that it’s an R53, but it’s got the R56 side scuttles and filler cap?</p>
<p>:Takes hat off:</p>
<p>It’s already been spotted: <a href="http://www.universalhub.com/2012/either-it-really-flooded-along-charles-morning-or" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.universalhub.com/2012/either-it-really-flooded-along-charles-morning-or</a></p>