Steve Minaglia Does His 19th Channel Crossing With Friends Courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Kaulakahi Channel, Hawaii. On August 8th, the same day that Stefan Reinke, Bill Goding, Lectie Altman, Marcus Guttmann and Ryan Leong Guttmann completed a group 27.3 km tandem swim of the Kaulakahi Channel from Kauai to Ni’ihau in 11 hours 38 minutes. A short time after
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Steve Minaglia from Honolulu, Hawaii was heading to Puerto Rico on another medical business trip and had a plan to gain back his mojo. Since he just flew from Hawaii to Puerto Rico in order to teach a surgery course at the local medical school, he is planning a swim from Isla Culebra to the mainland
Dr. Steve Minaglia lives a very busy life as a physician, editor and father of 4 young children. But he gets in enough time to train for his channel swims throughout Hawaii even if he is only one of four board-certified specialists in the field of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in Hawaii. "I see patients all day on Monday, Wednesday,
On November 30th, Dr. Steve Minaglia completed an 11 hour 10 minute two-way crossing of the Pailolo Channel between the islands of Molokai and Maui. Escorted by pilot Paul Luuwai from Maui and paddle boarder Blair Norris from Oahu, the 40-year-old Professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu tells of his
On November 30th, Dr. Steve Minaglia added another channel to his resume. After 11 hours 10 minutes, he returned to where he started on the west side of Maui to become the first person to complete a two-way crossing of the Pailolo Channel between Molokai and Maui. Escorted by pilot Paul Luuwai from Maui and paddle boarder Blair Norris from Oahu, the
Craig Coombs, Dr. Steve Minaglia and Dr. Scott Harvey completed their second channel in Hawaii yesterday as they crossed the 9.3-mile Kalohi Channel between the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Craig Coombs finished in 6 hours 6 minutes while Doctors Minaglia and Harvey crossed in 5 hours 48 minutes after their February conquest of the 8.4-mile Pailolo
51-year-old Craig Coombs of the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco (shown on left), 29-year-old Scott Harvey M.D., 38-year-old Steve Minaglia M.D. of the Waikiki Swim Club completed a 9.3-mile (15K) marathon swim in 74° water across the Pailolo Channel from the island of Maui to the island of Molokai on February 4th. They departed from DT Fleming Beach
