Courtesy of Rick Gaenzle in the middle of the Cook Strait, New Zealand. The first relay to attempt the Oceans Seven completed their goal with a 13 hour 51 minute crossing of the Cook Strait. The triple team of Rick Gaenzle, Chris Kraus and Brian Ross knocked off the Cook Strait in addition to the North Channel, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel, English
Courtesy of Rick Gaenzle in the middle of the Cook Strait, New Zealand. The first relay to complete the Oceans Seven is over halfway across their attempt in the Cook Strait. If Rick Gaenzle, Chris Kraus and Brian Ross complete their 3-man relay crossing of the Cook Strait under the guidance of escort pilot Philip Rush, they will become the first relay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Philip Rush has given the prolific American 3-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle the green light to attempt their final Oceans Seven relay crossing on January 13th - 17th. The trio has completed crossings of the Molokai Channel, the English Channel, the North Channel, the Tsugaru
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle has a specific goal. The men want to become the first relay team to complete the Oceans Seven. After crossing the Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, English Channel, North Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar, they have two channels
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While hundreds of swimmers are on the Oceans Seven list for doing the English Channel, Catalina Channel, North Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait and Tsugaru Channel, there are others who prefer the camaraderie of teammates when tackling the Oceans Seven. Bill Ireland [shown above],
The prolific American three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle successfully crossed the Tsugaru Channel last week and the Molokai Channel today, finishing on Oahu in 13 hours 45 minutes. The crossing in very windy and choppy conditions was their fifth Oceans Seven channel swim - in five attempts. The trio has now completed the
The prolific American three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle successfully crossed the Tsugaru Channel last week and will set off on their fifth Oceans Seven channel today from Molokai Island. The trio will attempt to add the Molokai Channel to their successful relay crossings of the English Channel, North Channel, Tsugaru
Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, Rick Gaenzle Cross Tsugaru Courtesy of WOWSA, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Ocean Navi's Masayuki Moriya filmed the American three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle successfully cross the Tsugaru Channel. The trio swam gracefully over their swim streamers (sarashi in Japanese) alongside Captain Mizushima's
We gotta like the solar panels that the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association uses on the Tsugaru Channel solo and relays swims in Japan. With Ocean Navi's Masayuki Moriya coordinating land logistics, marine operations and online communications for family and friends of channel swimmers in the Tsugaru Channel in Japan, the amount of time on the escort boats
Oceans Seven swimmers often underestimate the "English Channel of the Far East". With only 19 km separating its closest two points, the Tsugaru Channel is considered one of the easiest Oceans Seven channels. Even from the cliffs overlooking the Tsugaru Channel things below look calm. But underneath that calm are so terrifically strong eddies and the
