In 2021 even with all the various travel restrictions due to COVID-19, John Batchelder, Dmitry Petrov, Bárbara Hernández Huerta, Andrey Bozhko, Edie Markovich, and Sarah Thomas traveled to Hawaii and were able to complete tough 42 km crossings of the Molokai Channel between the islands of Molokai and Oahu. Bill Goding, who crossed the Channel of Bones
The most exciting channel race since the professional races across the English Channel in the 1950's took place in the Molokai Channel in 2013.
The
Ka'iwi Channel Swim
is a 42 km
marathon swim
relay race for from the island of
Molokai
to the island of
Oahu
in August
Courtesy of WOWSA, Kaieiewaho Channel, Hawaii. Almost 10 years ago, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Penny Palfrey of Australia attempted a solo 115.8 km crossing of the Kaieiewaho Channel between the islands of Kauai and Oahu. In November 2010, she made her second attempt, starting from Ka'ena Point on Oahu with plans to
COVID-19's Impact On Channel Swimming In Hawaii Courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich, Oahu-Molokai, Hawaii. With the global coronavirus pandemic surging, the number of confirmed cases in United States is now greater than any other country in the world (86,012). See data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center here. But hope reigns. Jeff Kozlovich, the
Swimming Across The Big Blue Courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich, Kahoolawe, Hawaii. The Kealaikahiki Channel is a body of water between the islands of Kahoolawe to Lanai in the state of Hawaii. It is rarely crossed. Captain Sidney Akiona escorted software engineer Quinn Carver (10 hours 24 minutes) and retired U.S. Air Force pararescueman Bill Goding (10 hours 44
Courtesy of Adrian Sarchet of Guernsey. Adrian Sarchet completed a 17 hour 24 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel on July 11th. Under the escort of Captain Michael Twigg-Smith and escort kayaker Jeff Kozlovich, Sarchet's fifth Oceans Seven crossing was universally described as brutal. Sarchet provides the details of his swim below. "I said last year
Kiss Goodbye to MS With Thomas Pembroke Courtesy of WOWSA, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Thomas Pembrooke, a school teacher from Australia, completed a crossing of the Molokai Channel to complete his fourth Oceans Seven channel (English, North, Catalina, Molokai) under the guidance of Jeff Kozlovich. For each of his channel swims, he raises money and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jeff Kozlovich was kayaking for a relay team from Russia across the Molokai Channel between the islands of Molokai and Oahu in Hawaii last month. The attempt was called due to sharks. Kozlovich talks about the shark encounter. "Our escort boat tried to scare them away. It didn't work so the swimmer got
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The media is writing articles about world surfing champion Mick Fanning returning to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa where he was attacked by a shark last year [see New York Times article here and a vide of his shark encounter above]. While it takes a lot of courage for a surfer to enter the very waters where
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. André Wiersig flew from Germany to Hawaii to attempt his second Oceans Seven channel. After completing a crossing of the English Channel in 9 hours 43 minutes in 2014, he took nearly twice as long under very rough conditions to complete a crossing of the Molokai Channel in 18 hours 26 minutes. Escorted by
