
Whitsunday First By Christie Leet And Chris Palfrey


“Leaving from Roma point, the southern tip of South Molle, we swam in a north west direction up the. Molle Channel and then around pioneer point, and heading into the popular tourist destination of Airlie. We had a 15-20 knot southeast breeze behind us for the first 10K and covered this in almost exactly 2 hours. FUN. But upon changing direction, we had a headwind and associated chop to punch into,” explained Palfrey.
The distance was 15.2K in a time of 3 hours 58 minutes 44 seconds.
“This swim went so well, we are now hoping to do another swim on the weekend of November 4-5, from Hamilton island to Shute harbour, a distance of 19K.” And they both know there are plenty of other islands to become the first to accomplish.
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