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Category: Open Water

  • Maui swimmer lost an arm and most of his other hand

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    Correction to this story from yesterday, about 41-year-old John Caughlin who was badly hurt after being hit by a boat during the Maui Channel swim on Saturday. He had a lot more than just a hand ‘nearly severed’, read The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: John was taken by Jet ski to shore and…

  • Call for prop guards after swimmer’s hand nearly severed

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    A northern California man’s left hand was partially severed after being struck by an escort boat during the Maui Channel swim last Saturday. There is a call for mandatory propeller guards in the US as in Australia and Singapore, which critics again say slow down a boat’s performance. Read more here on khon2.com.

  • Behold, the World Bog Snorkeling Championships

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    They’ve got some crazy rules down there in Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales. “Competitors must swim (without the use of their arms) down the bog and back again. Only 1 length is required if they are in a fancy dress.” The world record is now 1 minute 24 seconds, from when Andrew Holmes this year swam…

  • How about a Strel Swimming Vacation in Slovenia ?

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    Yup, the Martin Strel, the Big River Man and his son Borut. They arrange swimming holiday trips on Slovenian lakes and along the Croatian Mediterranean coast, as we read about in a review a few days ago. Go visit their website www.strel-swimming.com, it’s got animated sprites and everything.

  • Keating and the rest complete Irish Sea ocean relay

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    They nicknamed it “jellyfish alley” already early in the swim, with 5 of the 11 team members having been stung by jellyfish after 15 hours of swimming. But they kept going, managing to complete the full 56 miles in impressive 35 hours and 18 minutes. Team including celebrities Ronan Keating, Jenny Frost, Pamela Stephenson, Jason…

  • 70-year-old Roger Allsopp now oldest man to swim the English Channel

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    At 70 years and four months, retired breast surgeon Roger Allsopp completed the 21-mile challenge in 17 hours and 51 minutes, beating the previous Guinness World Record holder George Brunstad (uncle of Academy Award winner Matt Damon) who swam the Channel at 70 years and four days in 2004. All for charity. Read more here…

  • The Swim starts tonight

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    Exciting news, “The Swim” will start in 1.5 hours or so: The weather is with us.. We go tonight. @ronanofficial leads us out at 9pm from holyhead pier!! @JoinTheSwimless than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet ReplySteve Parrysteparry2

  • David Walliams to swim 140 miles of the Thames for charity

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    English comedian David Walliams will on 5th September start a 140 miles swim of the Thames from Lechdale in Glouchestershire to Big Ben in London, hoping to complete the effort in just eight days. His biggest swimming challenge by far, after having 21-mile English channel in 2006 and the 12-mile Strait of Gibraltar in 2008.…

  • Sir Branson bows out of The Swim after fire ravages his home

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    Sir Richard Branson has pulled out of “The Swim” across the Irish Sea, after his luxury Carribean home was struck by lightning caused by Irene. Actress Kate Winslett was among 20 people who fled the paradise home on Necker Island, as it went up in flames. Pop star Ronan Keating has vowed to battle on…