58-year-old Danielle Ruymaker and 51-year-old Craig Coombs joined the Half Century Club with their 6 hour 40 minute crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in July. "We swam from Tarifa with Raphael's crew and landed at Blanca Point," said Ruymaker of their 6 hour 40 minute crossing by the two South End Rowing Club members. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water
Craig Coombs, president of his own medical device consulting company, got the open water swimming bug and it is not going away soon. After conquering the 9.3-mile (15 km) Pailolo Channel from Maui to Molokai in February and Kalohi Channel between Molokai and Lanai, he decided to turn his attention to Europe and the Strait of Gibraltar. Together with
Craig Coombs, Dr. Steve Minaglia and Dr. Scott Harvey completed their second channel in Hawaii yesterday as they crossed the 9.3-mile Kalohi Channel between the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Craig Coombs finished in 6 hours 6 minutes while Doctors Minaglia and Harvey crossed in 5 hours 48 minutes after their February conquest of the 8.4-mile Pailolo
51-year-old Craig Coombs of the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco (shown on left), 29-year-old Scott Harvey M.D., 38-year-old Steve Minaglia M.D. of the Waikiki Swim Club completed a 9.3-mile (15K) marathon swim in 74° water across the Pailolo Channel from the island of Maui to the island of Molokai on February 4th. They departed from DT Fleming Beach
