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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few people on the globe with the persistence and determination of Pat Gallant-Charette. Arguably, she may be among the most persistent in open water swimming history. She completed a swim across the English Channel on her third attempt, crossing in 15 hours 57 minutes in 2011. During […]
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Family, Friends And Finance In The Open Water Courtesy of Pat Gallant-Charette, Westbrook, Maine. Channel swimmer Pat Gallant Charette started open water swimming at the age of 47. She talks about how she manages family, friends and finances as she travels around the world in search of swimming from one shore to the other. “I
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 16 hours 43 minutes from setting off in Ireland and coming within 1 mile of the Scottish coast, Pat Gallant-Charette‘s dream of completing the North Channel came up so frustratingly short. However, the unforgivable coastal tides were just too much for the Lady from Maine who was traversing the
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