Course courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi between Honshu in the south and Hokkaido in the north across the Tsugaru Channel Four years ago almost to the day, Brad McVetta of New York attempted his first crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan. After 17 hours 13 minute across and against the Tsugaru Current,

Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Tsugaru Channel, northern Japan. There is all kind of action across the Tsugaru Channel over the last few days. The Ocean Navi Sado relay called it a day after 18 hours 10 minutes as did solo British swimmer Beth French after 10 hours 33 minutes in the 18°C water. On both

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continued on his scheduled 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km along the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. He is now on Day 15. Day 14 Report of

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Santa Catalina Island far off in the horizon, Hank Wise and Abigail Bergman had a lot of confidence when they stood on the shore getting ready for the 48th Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim on June 24th. Their confidence was justified as the experienced ocean swimmers won

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continued to forge ahead on his scheduled 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km down the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. While his plans called for swimming an

So Many Channel Swimmers On His Watch Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Thomas Watch of Great Britain continues to give back like few others have done before him. The 88-year-old was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Coach in 1986. But retirement was not in his open water

Courtesy of Elias Lefas, Patmos Revelation, Grikos Bay, Greece. The Patmos Revelation went off as planned on the Greek island of Dodecanese between June 30th and July 2nd. More than 200 professional and amateur athletes of all ages from Australia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Greece visited Grikos Bay on Patmos to

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For a little over two years, Virginia McConnell of Ketchum, Idaho worked as a Youth & Sports Advisor for the Peace Corps in Jamaica. McConnell organized sports leagues for elementary school students in the Oracabessa area on Jamaica’s northern coast, obtained grant funding for local foundations, and left an