Two British men finished the first ever human powered row across Pacific Ocean from Japan to US this morning. Check out details of their amazing adventure at their website.
It is a shame that there were so few boats to welcome them to our city. Noticeably absent was the fireboat with spraying water which is usually buzzing around for much smaller accomplishments like mass wetsuited Alcatraz swims.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Killer Quad #1
Congratulations to the sole lane6babe Ariel for participating in Killer Quad part 1 this year! She finished the hour swim on saturday in great shape. Way to go, Ariel!
Monday, November 2, 2009
november full moon swim
Weather Gods blessed us with perfect conditions for november full moon swim. Flat water, zero wind, no chop. The ladies did not need any more motivation to go in their birthday suits. 8 sea lions decided it was playtime when we were in water. Almost everyone got bumped or chased around.
Censored pictures will be posted soon.
Censored pictures will be posted soon.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
high wind advisory full moon swim
This month's full moon swim was wild. Crazy winds and chop cut down participant list to a handful. Only 10 brave souls showed up to swim. We decorated ourselves with glow bands: as bracelets, necklaces, ornaments at the back of swimsuits, feathers poking out from under swimcaps, etc, and jumped in through the waves. Water temperature was around 62 degrees.
Thanks to Loretta, Eileen, and Lolly for setting up food while we were out frolicking in the water. Warm food, wine, and good company made the post-swim chowdown a pleasant affair.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tomales Bay Redux
It was a very well organized low-key event by El Sharko.
No fee. No course. No timing. No awards. No sharks or jelly fishes were spotted either.
Good food. Excellent veggie salads in addition to bbq-ed fresh caught oysters. Gretch said that otherwise well behaved swimmers were cutting lines and behaving badly to get to oysters.
Good piloting. Funny poetry reading by members of Wet Poets Society after lunch.
Water was crystal clear, like a lake, and very warm. i saw teeny weeny inch long fishes zipping around in the water. So much for a swim touted as "dangerous swim with white sharks"! During the swim, sunlight refracting underwater was very pretty, the beauty of it was mesmerizing. A ton of green moss lined the sea bed near shore. i thought of Flipper while wading through it :-)
Vincent, a fellow Dolphin, entrusted his buddy Whimpy to me during the swim. It was Whimpy's second open water swim ever. He was quite chatty and stretched distance swam by quite a bit. We swam out to a shark fin buoy which was probably 250 yards away, and Whimpy thought we swam a mile! Then, he decided to do backstroke. When i turned around to see where he was, he was going in circles doing backstroke, like a dog chasing his own tail. We finally made it back to the shore after i insisted he switch back to freestyle. Whimpy was disappointed that i did not let him swim farther, and complained i ate too much while waiting for Vincent and other swimmers to return.
i had a wonderful trip, huge thanks to Gretch for keeping me company! i could not have made it out to the remote location by myself.
Pictures.
No fee. No course. No timing. No awards. No sharks or jelly fishes were spotted either.
Good food. Excellent veggie salads in addition to bbq-ed fresh caught oysters. Gretch said that otherwise well behaved swimmers were cutting lines and behaving badly to get to oysters.
Good piloting. Funny poetry reading by members of Wet Poets Society after lunch.
Water was crystal clear, like a lake, and very warm. i saw teeny weeny inch long fishes zipping around in the water. So much for a swim touted as "dangerous swim with white sharks"! During the swim, sunlight refracting underwater was very pretty, the beauty of it was mesmerizing. A ton of green moss lined the sea bed near shore. i thought of Flipper while wading through it :-)
Vincent, a fellow Dolphin, entrusted his buddy Whimpy to me during the swim. It was Whimpy's second open water swim ever. He was quite chatty and stretched distance swam by quite a bit. We swam out to a shark fin buoy which was probably 250 yards away, and Whimpy thought we swam a mile! Then, he decided to do backstroke. When i turned around to see where he was, he was going in circles doing backstroke, like a dog chasing his own tail. We finally made it back to the shore after i insisted he switch back to freestyle. Whimpy was disappointed that i did not let him swim farther, and complained i ate too much while waiting for Vincent and other swimmers to return.
i had a wonderful trip, huge thanks to Gretch for keeping me company! i could not have made it out to the remote location by myself.
Pictures.
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