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Courtesy of Daniel Straub, creator of the Sealander Amphibious Camping Trailer Boat. Designed and built by German designer Daniel Straub, the Sealander is a unique marine-dryland vehicle that serves a regular recreational vehicle on land and can also serve as an escort boat on the water. The Sealander is a caravan and boat, all in […]
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Courtesy of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. “Each time we make a journey across the North Channel we find something different that humbles us. Today’s adventure was man against nature in its rawest form,” described escort pilot Pádraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services. “Andrew
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Courtesy of Aaron Begle, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Adrian Sarchet completed a 17 hour 24 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel on July 11th. Under the escort of Captain Michael Twigg-Smith and escort kayaker Jeff Kozlovich, Sarchet’s crossing was universally described as brutal. “It was an emotional finish for Adrian Monday evening as he completed his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When swimmers step off of Catalina Island, they are always heading to the California mainland. At night, the lights of Southern California are like tiny beacons of illumination guiding them to the shoreline, 20.2 miles in the distance. Occasionally, the channel swimmers may not see the coastline – their
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), selected Budapest as its host of the 2020 European Championships. While pool swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and diving will be held in May, the open water swimming events will be conducted in June in Lake Balaton for both the elite swimmers and the masters
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Courtesy of Adrian Sarchet of Guernsey. Adrian Sarchet completed a 17 hour 24 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel on July 11th. Under the escort of Captain Michael Twigg-Smith and escort kayaker Jeff Kozlovich, Sarchet’s fifth Oceans Seven crossing was universally described as brutal. Sarchet provides the details of his swim below. “I said last
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Kiss Goodbye to MS With Thomas Pembroke Courtesy of WOWSA, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Thomas Pembrooke, a school teacher from Australia, completed a crossing of the Molokai Channel to complete his fourth Oceans Seven channel (English, North, Catalina, Molokai) under the guidance of Jeff Kozlovich. For each of his channel swims, he raises money and awareness
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Courtesy of Michael Twigg-Smith, Kaiwi Channel, Hawaii. Adrian Sarchet completed a 17 hour 24 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel on July 11th. Captain Michael Twigg-Smith reported, “It was a brutal swim for him. The conditions were close to ideal, but there was a nagging current pushing to the south all the way from the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kristel Köbrich missed the final cut for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim this summer, but she qualified for her fourth Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and will compete in the 800m freestyle for her native Chile. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 50-year-old Charlotte Brynn took herself psychologically and physiologically on an open water adventure during the inaugural Skinner Island double crossing on July 18th in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. “I can only describe the event as epic. Swimming across the border from USA, into Canada was such a rush. Add in
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