What a great day for Channel swimming!!! How exciting!!! We have a few great stories for you today.
1. George Hunihan (Wilton, CT): George and his wife Suzanne have been here exactly 20 days awaiting an opportunity for George to take his turn at the Channel. They came over last year and were blown out of their tide. So when the same happened this year they decided to stay and roll the dice. George finally got the call that he would be jumping at 12:30am this morning. He had a rough start as the weather was pretty tough to contend with then was able to power his way through. FINALLY after two blown out waves and multiple days of very frustrating waiting, George crawled up the shores of France right under the Cliffs in 16 hours and 30 minutes (unofficial time). The Victoria House was buzzing with excitement when we heard the news!!! We are all so excited and so proud of George and his wife Suzanne (who combated a very bad bout of sea sickness to stay the course as his crew)!!! Congratulations guys, we love you!!!
2. Deb Cashin (CT): Deb just arrived on Wednesday and as she was arriving got the call...she would be jumping at 2:30am this morning. Deb swam a strong swim dealing with a bit of shoulder pain in the end but after 12 hours and 8 minutes (unofficial time) she was successful in climbing the shores of France!!! Congratulations Deb and Crew!!!
3. John Bowron: John is staying at the Victoria House with us and much like Deb arrived and jumped! John was successful in his pursuit climbing the shores of France after 16 hours and 37 minutes of swimming (unofficial time). Congratulations John and Crew!!!
So as you can see a very successful first rounds of swims. The next swimmer in q with my boat captain will be going out in the early morning tomorrow. That leaves me next!!! I'm not too excited as the winds have picked up and we are looking at mid-week next week. But my boat captain did give us a full approval to take tomorrow off and head into London. So that's exactly what we are going to do.
More to come...
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