The Strait of Bonifacio (Corsican:
Bucchi di Bunifaziu, French:
Bouches de Bonifacio, Gallurese:
Bocchi di Bunifaciu, Italian:
Bocche di Bonifacio) is the
strait
between
Corsica
in France and
Sardinia
in Italy, named after the Corsican town
The Strait of Bonifacio is a 11 km straight-line distance between Capo Pertusato on
Corsica
in France and Punta Marmorata on
Sardinia in Italy.
The cross-border swim is known as one of the
World's Top 100 Island Swims where the strait divides the
Tyrrhenian Sea
and the western
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Swim Drink Fish Produces Profile On Robert McGlashan Courtesy of Meghan Callon, Swim Drink Fish, Lake Ontario, Canada. Meghan Callon, the Content Specialist of Swim Drink Fish, created the second profile of an acclaimed open water swimmer from Canada: Robert McGlashan. McGlashan was a nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. Steven
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marco Bovi, Stefano Caleffi and Maria Eleonora Sassi completed a crossing the Bocche di Bonifacio (Strait of Bonifacio) that separates the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea. The strait is notorious among sailors for its weather, currents, shoals, and other obstacles. The 15 km course,
Courtesy of Water World Swim, Bonifacio Channel between France and Italy. Water World Swim reported that one of its members, David Rich completed a 15 km crossing of the Strait of Bonifacio between France and Italy in 4 hours 56 minutes on July 8th. For more information, read here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Carina Bruwer completed two Swims For Hope in Italy – a rough 14.5 km crossing of the Strait of Bonifacio and a quadruple 12.8 km crossing of the Strait of Messina. In a retrospective that is par for the course for South African swimmers, Bruwer thought the "turbulence was fun. It was an honour to
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