Excerpts from the August 28th 1968 edition of Computer World. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While using a computer to communicate with one's escort pilot, teammates, crew and friends is a given in the contemporary open water swimming world, it was certainly not the case back in 1968. In a long-gone era without GPS, email or social
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Morning Times of Sayre, Pennsylvania reported the passing of open water swimming pioneer Russell Chaffee. The 87-year-old had quite a career and mindset that foreshadowed the contemporary growth of marathon swimming in the United States. A lifelong math teacher, Russell swam all over the eastern U.S.
Elaine Howley of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association provided this detailed perspective of Mo Siegel's swim across America's Channel. At 6:36 am on August 17th, 61-year-old Mo Siegel of Piermont, New York, splashed into the water off White Horse Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Long rays of early morning sunshine glinted off the dune houses
The American Channel, formerly known as Massachusetts Bay, has been sitting dormant for nearly a century when it comes to marathon swimming. But Greg O’Connor (shown on left) of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association changed all that. With his vision and drive, he is reviving a swim that has attracted attention since 1915. Earlier today under
Harry Kemp, an American writer known as Poet of the Dunes, floated the idea of an open water swim between Provincetown and Plymouth, symbolically celebrating the historic bond between the First Landing Place and the First Colony. Kemp promoted a 20-mile swim called the American Channel Swim from Provincetown to Plymouth to remind people of the course the
