To educate, entertain, and enthuse those who venture beyond the shore
Andy Donaldson set a new 45.9 km circumnavigation swim record around Manhattan Island in New York City this morning, breaking the former record of Oliver Wilkinson by a slim 3+ minutes
Circle Line Tour by Andy Donaldson Sets Record Around Manhattan Island Read More »
Alex Arévalo is a remarkable escort kayaker who is one of the three principals of New York Open Water who has escorted hundreds of swimmers in hundreds of open water events throughout the US and Mexico.
Alex Arévalo, a Charismatic, Calm, Cool Guide in the Open Water Read More »
Salvatore Cimmino is a disabled Italian swimmer who became the first disabled athlete to swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand. His 8 hour 20 minute Cook Strait crossing, organized by Philip Rush, was part of his tour Swimming in the Seas of the Globe (A Nuoto nei Mari del Globo – see here and list of 17 swims below) to
Salvatore Cimmino Keeps Swimming To Help Others On Dryland Read More »
Tammy Van Wisse, like the fictitious Seinfeld character Kramer, swam in the East River during her 1997 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
Swimming Eastwards Fictitiously and In Reality Read More »
Family, friends and fans can follow the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim solo swimmers and relays in near real-time online via its proprietary GPS system. Click here to follow the swimmers, starting the 28.5-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan Island tomorrow at 7:25 am. Photo shows Jim Bayles under the Verrazano Bridge. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water
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