Pádraig Mallon announced the infinity Channel Swimming’s Jacqueline McClelland was presented with a ship’s wheel in celebration of her success as the first female escort pilot across the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. He explains, “Ten years at sea with multiple adventures bring her to this juncture. Jacqueline is supported by her pilot colleagues Ian, Kieran, Jack, Bobby, Barry and Connla and many specialist crew members.”
The ship’s wheel, photographed by Martin Strain, was created by Brian Muckian.
Ship’s wheel qualities include:
- Direction
- Navigation
- Purpose
- Discovery
- Staying on course
- Perseverance
- Adventure
Steven Munatones points out, “There are so few female escort pilots in channel crossings and marathon swims around the world, relative to the thousands of male escort pilots, mariners, and navigators. Jacqueline joins the very few in this tight demographic of pilots that include Alison Streeter, Samantha Jones, Tanya Harding, and Marilyn Critchley in the English Channel, Belinda Stayton and Betty Billings in New York, Dawn Brooks in Santa Barbara, Dee Brady and Vanessa Linsley in Florida, Gail Steele, Jane Chop, Pam Ladds, Margaret Rivard, Teresa Gerade, and Geneve Channel in Lake Memphremagog, Gretchen Koffman and Nicole Yost in San Francisco, Gunthita Corda and Marie Claire in Switzerland, Nancy Monbouquette and Laurie Craigen in Massachusetts, Michelle Petring in South Africa, Marta Vigoroux in Easter Island, Krista Swedberg in Monterey Bay, Robin Abell in Idaho, Robyn Stewart in France, Shannon Davey in Santa Monica, Vanessa Eugene in Saint Lucia, Fiona Southwell in England, among others.”
Escort Pilots Around The World
- Aaron Abaroa
- Abdullah Al Hasni
- Adel Assal
- Adelino Ferreira
- Adrian Joseph
- Adrian Moscalu
- Ahmed Badawy
- Ahmed Ghedira
- Akis Melas
- Alan Rosenberg
- Albert Guerra
- Alejandro Abarroa
- Alfred White
- Alicia Stratton
- Alison Streeter MBE
- Altino Goulart
- Alvin Alampay
- Anderson
- Andrew Zammit
- Andy King
- Angra Pequena
- Anika Krogh
- Anna Eidesgaard
- Antonio Caballero
- Antonio Chaviano
- Antonio Montiel
- Antonio Montiel Martin
- Antonio Vieira
- Arend Grondman
- Argentino
- Ary da Caonceição
- Ary da Conceição
- Asko Roine
- Aston Grindrod
- Ataka-san
- Atef Neffati
- Austin Poynton
- Azrol Mohd Yusof
- Bechor Sasson
- Belinda Stayton
- Bendt Lynge
- Benedict Malapas
- Bernhard Vondenbusch
- Betty Billings
- Bill Garrett
- Bill O’Brien
- Bill Schultz
- Bill Walden
- Bjorn von During
- Bob Andrieux
- Bob de la Haye
- Bob Fernald
- Bob Gaff
- Bob Glandon
- Bob Jacobsen
- Bob Little
- Bob O’Neil
- Boris Nowalski
- Brad Brown
- Brendan White
- Brent McClain
- Brent McLain
- Brian Estes
- Brian Meharg
- Brian Thom
- Bruce Foulquier
- Bruce Lippens
- Bryan Temmermand
- Captain Bob
- Captain Charnick
- Captain Chopis
- Captain Chris
- Captain Dave
- Captain Don
- Captain Gray
- Captain Greg
- Captain Ito
- Captain Leonard Hutchinson
- Captain Mitch
- Captain Mizushima
- Captain Morgan Hoesterey
- Captain William Long
- Carl Mayhugh
- Carlos
- Carolyn Bauman
- Carter Craft
- Catherine Fravalo
- Ceri Davies
- Cezar Elvin Laso
- Charles Cole
- Charles Stewart
- Charlie Gravett
- Charlie Lehr
- Charlie Loust
- Charlie Moseley
- Chiari Gianluca
- Chokri Ettaib
- Chokri Ettaieb
- Chris Dare
- Chris Ducker
- Chris Holtslcaw
- Chris Macy
- Chris Markham
- Chris Osmond
- Chris Sweeney
- Chris Volaski
- Christine Arsenault
- Christopher Graefe
- Chuck Mitchel
- CJ Alliah
- Cliff Golding
- Colin Lee
- Collin Gray
- Corey Fairbairn
- Cornel Clairmont
- Dan Sullivan
- Dan Sullivan (Washington)
- Danny Page
- Darren Rosenberg
- Darren Willars
- Dave Fitzgerald
- Dave Ford
- Dave Harvey
- Dave Kinley
- Dave Macmahon
- Dave May
- Dave Snyder
- Dave Whyte
- David Anastasi
- David Churchhouse
- David de Villiers
- David Harvey
- David Pennington
- David Steele
- Dawn Brooks
- Dawn Jacobsen
- Dee Brady
- Denis Sullivan
- Dennis Amtower
- Dennis Schutt
- Derek Flanagan
- Des McLean
- Diego Ponce de Leon
- Don Houghton, Jr.
- Don Jones
- Don Nelson
- Don Warto
- Donal O’Donovan
- Donald Dring
- Doug Dougherty
- Doug Potter
- Drew Boujoulian
- Duncan Taylor
- Dylan Thompson
- Eamonn Solway
- Earl Sandvik
- Ed Dottino
- Ed Lynch
- Ed Scola
- Eddie Laird
- Eddie Spelling
- Eddy Laird
- Edwin de la Cruz
- Eget Martyre
- Eliot Powell
- Elliot Briskham
- Emil Pirzenthal
- Eric Dearing
- Eric Hartley
- Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado
- Erik Bryan
- Fafa Pretorius
- Farallon Islands Swimming Federation
- Felix Mape
- Filipe Almeida
- Fiona Southwell
- Francis Garrett
- Frank Drum
- Fred Mardle
- Fred Schiel
- Gail Steele
- Geneve Channel
- George Ackinga
- George Dierijck
- Gerad
- Gergö Kovács
- Giancarlo Brigaglia
- Giovanni Arena
- Giuseppe Peppino Vuotto
- Glen Coy
- Glen Preston
- Glenn Drummond
- Glenn Hicks
- Graham Tully
- Grant Orchard
- Greg Abell
- Greg Doolittle
- Greg Elliot
- Greg Horoky
- Greg Longnecker
- Greg Nasmyth
- Greg O’Connor
- Greg Porteus
- Greg Wise
- Gretchen Koffman
- Gunthita Corda
- Haim Tamir
- Hal McCormick
- Hamza Batbout
- Hank Schram
- Harold Schiebel
- Hassan Baraka
- Hector Valencia
- Henry Palmer
- Hian Schneider
- Homo sapien
- Hugh Tucker
- Ireneo Cuabo
- Isidro Alampay
- Ivan Shigaki
- Ivo Sersic
- Jack Gordon
- Jack Rose
- Jack Schick
- Jai Leal
- Jake Harvey
- Jalel Ghandri
- James ‘Scotty’ Scott
- James Armstrong
- James Barrett
- James Buckley
- James Crill
- James Hemlick
- James Mogan
- James Rocco
- James Scott
- James VanHeste
- James Whelan
- James Willi
- Jamie Merillo
- Jamie Patrick
- Jammain Stanley
- Jan Rossi
- Jane Chop
- Jason Parrott
- Jay Mark
- Jayden Warren-Peu
- Jeremy Gooding
- Jerome Murphy
- Jerry Thompson
- Jim Butterfield
- Jim De Bomford
- Jim Dickson
- Jim Dixon
- Jim Rasmussen
- Jody McNeil
- Joe McLean
- Joe Weiss
- Johann Theron
- Johannes L.J. Versteeg
- John & Lisa Matthews
- John Bartlett
- John Bauman
- John Berry
- John Bollinger
- John Boreland
- John Cooper
- John Dafoe
- John Defoe
- John Gabrynowicz
- John Geerssen
- John Hendrick
- John Kane
- John Koett
- John Matthews
- John Pinnel
- John Pittman
- John Sims
- John Swirbalus
- Johnes Luis Pimentes Avila
- Johnny Crompton
- Jon Bahen
- Jono Jones
- Joseph Boulos
- Joseph Murphy
- Josh Skarzenski
- João Pedro Sousa
- Justin Whaley
- Jóannes Eidesgaard
- Kanti Göddertz
- Karen Lippens
- Karim Amous
- Kawaue
- Keith Finkelstein
- Kelvin Tan
- Kevin Bell
- Kevin Heneghan
- Kevin Sherman
- Kieran Collins
- Kimberly VanHeste
- Knut Westvig
- Krista Swedberg
- Kristian Pearson
- Kurt Thiel
- Lance Oram
- Lars Ivarsson
- Laurie Craigen
- Leonardo Justo
- Levente Aranyos
- Lior Eliyahu
- Luiz Alberto da Silva
- Lynch Family
- Mahdi Aghir
- Mairen Tierney
- Maja Podesta
- Maki-san
- Malcolm Goodman
- Manoa Buckman
- Manoel Fernandez
- Manoel Luiz Fernandez
- Marco Sanguedolce
- Margaret Rivard
- Marie Claire
- Marilyn Critchley
- Marino Cacciotti
- Mario Elders
- Mark Hamilton
- Mark Hughes
- Mark Peters
- Mark Rodoreda
- Mark Youngman
- Marshall Stein
- Marta Vigoroux
- Martin Adams
- Mathew Clarke
- Matt Buckman
- Matt Knight
- Matt Landis
- Matt Piechnik
- Matt Zen
- Matthew Clarke
- Matthew Rummer
- Max Jurujuba
- Max Paim Viglio
- Max Pain Viglio
- Maxwell Stevenson
- Mervyn Kinney
- Michael Byrne
- Michael Chandler
- Michael Coghill
- Michael Feduccia
- Michael James
- Michael Manning
- Michael McCabe
- Michael Oram
- Michael Shanahan
- Michealdass Fernando
- Michelle Petring
- Mick Le Guilcher
- Mick Martin
- Mickey Pittman
- Micky Moreford
- Mike Bewley
- Mike Cochran
- Mike Green
- Mike McCorkle
- Mike Murphey
- Mike O’Rourke
- Mike Oram
- Mike Scott
- Mike Twigg-Smith
- Mike Yost
- Miroslav (Miro) Lanculovici
- Miroslav Ianculouici
- Mirza Ortega
- Modou Jarju
- Mohamed Kharraz
- Mootaz Talmoudi
- Nabil Jannadi
- Nancy Monbouquette
- Nathan McMurdo
- Neil Faudemer
- Neil Palfreyman
- Neil Streeter
- Nelson Wood
- Nick Jeffery
- Nicky Donnelly
- Nicole Yost
- Nikulas Day
- Noe
- Norman Horner
- Oresti Yiannakis
- Oscar Bedoya
- Ousman Njie
- Pam Ladds
- Paolo Arena
- Pascal Briand
- Pat Tomada
- Paul Amico
- Paul Foreman
- Paul Luuwai
- Paul Newman
- Paul Stewart
- Paul Stone
- Paulo Gomes
- Pedro Umpiere
- Peter Bales
- Peter Channel
- Peter Knight
- Peter Leask
- Peter Mourant
- Peter Reed
- Peter Reed, Jr.
- Phil Porter
- Pierre Gadelha
- Popong Pinili
- Pradeepta Bürgisser
- Pádraig Mallon
- Quinton Nelson
- R. Karl Kingery
- R. Loganathan
- R.T. Brown
- Rabi
- Rachid Jbalia
- Rafa Uddin
- Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa
- Ramon Carrera
- Randy Kinores
- Raoul Binette
- Ray Brickell
- Ray Cooper
- Ray Dixon
- Reg Brickell, Jr.
- Reg Brickell, Sr.
- Reinhold Wentsch
- Rene Van Leeuven
- Richard Bavaro
- Richard Billot
- Richard Lafferty
- Richard Langlois
- Richard Lopez
- Rick Hecimovich
- Rob Andersen
- Robert Andersen
- Robert Andresen
- Robert Andresen Sr.
- Robert Rojack
- Robert Yam
- Robin Abell
- Robyn Stewart
- Rodrigo Torres
- Roel Catoto
- Roger Finch
- Roland Mauz
- Ron Knight
- Ron Kramer
- Roni Olivares
- Ronney Robles
- Ronnie Mufano
- Ross Vickers
- Ross Youngman
- Rowan Fernando
- Ryan Tozer
- Sam Attard
- Samantha Jones
- Santiago Marin Piedrahita
- Sara Hajdu
- Sarjo Demba
- Sean Makofsky
- Sean McCarry
- Sebastian Sanchéz Rios
- Sebastian Sánchez
- Shane Anderson
- Shannon Davey
- Shaun Rice
- Shernice Popo
- Simon Ellis
- Spencer Dennis
- Stan Chop
- Stan Souza
- Stas Schupeck
- Stas Schupek
- Stephen Merceica
- Stephen Praetorious
- Stephen Taddei
- Steve Hollyoak
- Steve Manning
- Steve Meisenger
- Steve Waterloo
- Steven Hobbs
- Steven Rojahn
- Stewart Griffiths
- Stuart Gleeson
- Stéphane Devesse
- Sue Frehse
- Swim coordinator
- Tamas Hamor
- Tanya Harding
- Teresa Gerade
- Terry Hirt
- Therese Amalie Holtan Larsen
- Tiago Alberto da Silva
- Tiago Durães
- Tim Dull
- Tim McElligott
- Tim Tierney
- Tim Toyne Sewell
- Tim White
- Tinch Moricich
- Toby Gibb
- Todd Griswold
- Tom Hamilton
- Tom Holmberg
- Tom Linthicum
- Tom Wilhelm
- Tommaso Muntoni
- Toms
- Toni Fiol
- Tony Beddoe
- Tony Chaviano
- Tony Chisholm
- Tony Lindeque
- Tony McGregor
- Tony Pascucci
- Tony Scalabrino
- Tony Tarabocchia
- Tony Trenholm
- Trail Whittun
- Trevor Maybank
- Val Kalmikovs
- Val Noakes
- Van Christie
- Vanessa Eugene
- Vanessa Linsley
- Vito Bialla
- Wan Nor Hisham Wan Razak
- Wayne Frieden
- Wayne Hourquebie
- Will Wilson
- William J. Long
- William J. Ray
- Wolfgang Schlosser
- Woody Brown
- Yoav Nevo
- Ziad Salhab
- Zoltan Hamor
To add escort pilots to this list (active, retired, or deceased), please email their names, primary bodies of water, and years of activity to headcoach@openwatersource.com
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