Ned Denison talked about his crossing of False Bay in South Africa – and all kinds of interesting and little known ramblings and observations on the Will Bill podcast last year.*
During his 30-minute talk, the chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame also talked about the typical afternoon freshening up of open bodies of water to Kevin Murphy’s three-way attempt of the English Channel here:
Denison wrote about his False Bay crossing here. A small clip of Denison swimming across False Bay after the water freshened up is below:
Historical False Bay Crossings
- 1989: Annemie Landmeters (Belgium) in 9 hours 56 minutes
- 2004: Steven Klugman (South Africa) in 14 hours 15 minutes
- 2006: Carina Bruwer (South Africa) in 11 hours 58 minutes
- 2007: Barend Nortje (South Africa) in 9 hours 33 minutes
- 2012: Ned Denison (Ireland) in 11 hours 5 minutes
- 2021: Ryan Stramrood (South Africa) in 8 hours 39 minutes
- 2022: Ross Duncan (South Africa) in 8 hours 49 minutes
- 2022: Simon Ince (South Africa) in 10 hours 42 minutes seconds
- 2022: Kyle Stephens (South Africa) in 8 hours 8 minutes
- 2023: Linda Thompson (South Africa) in 11 hours 28 minutes
- 2023: Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali (India) in 9 hours 46 minutes
For more information on False Bay crossings on the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association, visit here. There are various courses in False Bay:
- 10.5 km between Miller’s Point and Fishhoek
- 20 km between Rooi Els and Gordon’s Bay
- 11 km between Fishhoek and Miller’s Point
- 10 km between Simonstown and Muizenberg
- 33 km between Rooi Els and Miller’s Point
* The Will Bill podcast is part of the “Wild Bill” Yorzyk Swim & Paddle Challenge in Massachusetts (see here). The 1-, 2-, and 3-mile annual event is held in memory of Dr. William Yorzyk (1933-2020), a 1956 Olympic gold medalist in the 200m butterfly, a holder of 11 world records in the pool, and a well-respected local community champion.
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