Being Safe During Channel 7 Port to Pub Courtesy of Channel 7 Port to Pub, Leighton Beach, Fremantle to Rottnest Island, Western Australia. The Channel 7 Port to Pub with Hotel Rottnest is an ocean swimming event in Perth, Western Australia on March 21st that demands its challengers to cross the iconic Rottnest Channel. The swim comprises two races over
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Charles Watson (center) from 'The Grey Ghosts' team penned this poem called 'From Dingo Flour to Thompson Bay' about the inaugural 20 km and 25 km Hotel Rottnest Port to Pub Swim in Perth, Australia. In the Rottnest Channel, two courses were set up. The 20 km course was open to solos, duos, and
Australian Ceinwen Roberts started out the year training in the Southern Hemisphere and finished six months later celebrating the achievement of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in the Northern Hemisphere. Along the way, she has swum from Western Australia to New York City. The 32-year-old Perth swimmer kicked off her 2013 season with a 59.2 km
Insta-Bro is an individual who immediately becomes a friend due to a common bond such as a passion for adventure or a love of open water swimming. Say you are in a restaurant and you overhear someone talking about the Strait of Messina in Italy, the Rottnest Channel in Australia, or their escort pilot in the English Channel. An open water swimmer's ears
Swimming from Point A to Point B is a natural inclination in the open water. People often swim to an offshore buoy, to the end of a pier, from pier to pier, or across a lake or channel. "I made it," "I did it," are the concrete goals that many want to feel. It is a feeling of accomplishment and deep satisfaction. Swimming from Point A to Point B and back
We have heard the conversations before that the Honour Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame are "not in the same class" as the Honor Swimmers in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. While the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) honourees are marathon swimmers who are clearly slower (in general) than their
In all of human history, Open Water Source estimates that approximately 10,180 people have willingly swum more than 6 hours non-stop in an open body of water. This number does not include individuals who have been unwillingly tossed off of ships or found themselves swimming and drifting to shore due to warfare or shipwrecks. The number does include
The English Channel has its Half Century Club, a group of individuals who have crossed the English Channel past their 50th birthday. The Strait of Gibraltar also has its own Half Century Club as does the Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, and Catalina Channel.But it is Down Under in Western Australia, where the Fountain of Youth has been found somewhere between
