3 To Make 2 – Williams & Minaglia Across The Maui Channel
Dr. Steve Minaglia doesn’t stand still, especially when it comes to challenging the channels of the Hawaiian Islands. After more than a few inter-island channel crossings, Mark Williams (left) and Dr. Minaglia (right) attempted a triple crossing between the islands of Lanai and Maui.
On January 19th, Dr. Minaglia and Williams swam from Lanai to Maui and back from Maui to Lanai in 10 hours 33 minutes.
“We left at 3:59 am and landed again on Lanai at 2:32 pm. As usual, Paul Luuwai and Blair Norris served as crew. In addition, Robert Hendrickson, a nurse I work with at Queens Medical Center, and Kawai Luuwai joined the crew for a 6-person team.
The original intent was to complete a triple crossing of the [Maui (Auau)] channel, however, due to multiple reasons, the third leg of swimming from Lanai back to Maui ended 3 miles into the swim.”
But a crossing is a crossing is a crossing. Especially a double crossing. It was a success all the way.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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