Message In A Bottle
Open water swimmers and their coaches and crew communicate in a variety of ways – via hand signals, shouting, pointing or with a whiteboard. But Dave Barra and his crew member John Humenik aboard Paul Foreman’s escort boat, the Pace Arrow, on an English Channel crossing used a more explicit and direct form of communication: messages on a bottle.
“With Cap Gris Nez coming into full view, John, equipped with a roll of red tape and x-acto knife, put their communication plan into action,” explained Dave.
Photo by Sharoz Makarechi.
Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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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