Phil Cutti Archives – World Open Water Swimming Association

Sarah Thomas Talks About Lake Powell And Marathon Swimming on WOWSA Live
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Steven Munatones 10/27/2020 No Comment

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Cancer survivor and one of the most remarkable endurance athletes in the world Sarah Thomas talked about swimming in Lake Powell, Lake Champlain, the English Channel and lakes in Colorado on today's edition of WOWSA Live. * Thomas swam 128.7 km in Lake Powell in 56 hours 5 minutes in 2016* Thomas swam

Myra Elizabeth Thompson, Pioneering The Farallon Islands
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Steven Munatones 03/20/2014 No Comment

Phil Cutti, one of the co-founders of the Night Train Swimmers and the Farallon Islands Swimming Federation, recently interviewed San Francisco native Myra Elizabeth Thompson. Born in 1935, Thompson was the first person to attempt the 30-mile swim from the Farallon Islands to San Francisco. The 22-year-old came tantalizingly close to her goal and was

Paul Lundgren’s Transformation Off The Grid Into The Wild
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Steven Munatones 09/25/2013 No Comment

Paul Lundgren's 80-mile off-the-grid swim in Mexico reminds us of explorers of old as he sets off to swim in the relatively unknown waters across the Sea of Cortez. Like traversing across a jungle or up a mountain like explorers of yesteryear, Lundgren will encounter nature in ways that are not yet completely understood or even charted. There are plenty of

Best Guess, Incredible Foresight, And Unbelievable Planning
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Steven Munatones 08/29/2013 No Comment

To accurately guess your time on a 1000m test swim in the pool (without looking at the pace clock) takes practice and experience. To accurately guess your time on a 3 km swim in a calm lake (without looking at your wristwatch) is remarkable. To accurately guess your time on an English Channel swim is rare. But to accurately guess your relay time on a

Phil Cutti Finishes The Job After 100 Hours
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Steven Munatones 08/27/2013 No Comment

Phil Cutti had the honors to be the last swimmer in the water and led the Night Train Swimmers onshore after their 228-mile 100-hour ocean relay from Gaviota State Park to the San Diego Yacht Club. It was the Night Train Swimmers' second attempt to break the 202-mile record set by the Ventura Deep Six team. The first attempt did not end so well. "Last

When Man Is Mightier Than Machine
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Steven Munatones 08/26/2013 No Comment

The Night Train Swimmers - who have been swimming non-stop since last Thursday - are acknowledged as tough and adventurous. Mother Nature does not always give them a break, but today looks like a wonderful culmination of all their hard work, planning, and audacious plans. The team - Captain Vito Bialla, navigator Hal McCormick, pilot Patrick Horn, and

Swimming WIth Seals, Afraid Of Apex
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Steven Munatones 08/25/2013 No Comment

During the third night of the Night Train Swimmers 228-mile southward journey along the California coast, the team passed within 2 miles of the town of Avalon on Catalina Island. Like Cindy Cleveland and Forest Nelson, the only humans to ever circumnavigate the island, the team had to opportunity to swim along Catalina Island as opposed to swimming to and

Phil Cutti, Lead-off Man For Nighttrain228
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Steven Munatones 08/23/2013 No Comment

Phil Cutti, a former baseball player, is the lead-off man, of sorts, for the Nighttrain228. Nighttrain228 is the Night Train Swimmers attempt to swim 228 miles from Santa Barbara - and the strategy of 6 relay members is fascinating. The 6 swimmers will each swim four times per day. So Cutti is in the 1 and 7 slot. That is, he will swim 1 am and 7 am and

The Night Train Going From Gaviota, Culminating In Coronado
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Steven Munatones 08/14/2013 No Comment

Gaviota State Park will be the start of the Nighttrain228 relay around 6-7 pm on August 22nd. The Night Train Swimmers will attempt to set the world record for the longest non-stop ocean relay swim in history with a 228-mile (367 km) relay swim down the California coast from Gaviota State Park near the city of Santa Barbara to Coronado, south of San Diego.

Doing Good While Swimming With Sharks And Jellies
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Steven Munatones 08/07/2013 No Comment

The Night Train Swimmers relay team swam 181 miles (291 km) down the coast of California last year, sometimes encountering sharks as they swam 20 miles off shore. "We raised US$1.2 million for our Marine Veterans returning from conflicts around the world, which we donated to the Semper Fi Fund," explains Vito Bialla, the catalyst for the relay swim.