When James Penrose (shown on left), John DaPrato and David Cook (shown below) started off in Spain to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, one issue was if or when they were going to swim together the entire way or separate at some point, both from themselves and Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa, their escort captain and the president of the Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del
60-year-old John DaPrato, 61-year-old James Penrose, and 42-year-old David Cook met up on the shores of Spain to knock off one of the Oceans Seven channel: the Strait of Gibraltar. Penrose completed his third Oceans Seven channel with his 5 hour 4 minute crossing. "We had good conditions and it absolutely great to see white African sand from 40 feet
John DaPrato will swim in the Boston Light Swim this Saturday as part of a relay team called The Coney Island Stowaways. He wrote a poem in anticipation. Daprato is from Brooklyn, New York, but he travels to enjoy his hobby. He has done the 8.2-mile Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska, San Francisco's Bridge to Bridge 10k Swim, the Boston Light Swim (and a
Loud voices in the night speak out Sparks fly then turn to ashes White waves break under grey stars Old snow slides over winter sand I stand near ice-covered rocks and Look south over black currents To site distant ships with colored lights In the cold crosswinds Then I look for the Ambrose Light… I keep looking - It can’t be too far
I look west through a large open window close to the old Harbor at a little before midnight I feel a slight cool wind as it blows summer leaves towards a loud stream I think of dark waters and salty ocean depths by the cold Passage Then I look beyond a fast moving grey cloud to see a bright Alaskan star far out over the night sea... I close my
I look west through a large open window close to the old Harbor at a little before midnight I feel a slight cool wind as it blows summer leaves towards a loud stream I think of dark waters and salty ocean depths by the cold Passage Then I look beyond a fast moving grey cloud to see a bright Alaskan star far out over the
John Daprato is writing an autobiography about his comeback swim and a year of his life preparing for the Boston Light Swim. "It could be compared to a book about mountain climbing with the added element of an older prize-fighter trying to make a comeback, with the Boston Light being my high mountain with time running out for me. I am the swimmer with a
