Bouncing Around Across Bocche Di Bonifacio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marco Bovi, Stefano Caleffi and Maria Eleonora Sassi completed a crossing the Bocche di Bonifacio (Strait of Bonifacio) that separates the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea.
The strait is notorious among sailors for its weather, currents, shoals, and other obstacles.
The 15 km course, organized by NAL (Nuoto acque libere), was typical; starting in the darkness in the early morning hours, the course from Sardinia (Sardegna) to Corsica was rough and turbulent.
Bovi finished in 4 hours 16 minutes while Caleffi and Sassi finished in 4 hours 40 minutes and are shown above with the event’s kayakers and volunteers.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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