[HN Gopher] Channel Swimming Association
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       Channel Swimming Association
        
       Author : routeroff
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-09-27 12:20 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.channelswimmingassociation.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.channelswimmingassociation.com)
        
       | jupp0r wrote:
       | I learned about long distance swimming by reading Lynne Cox'
       | autobiography "Swimming to Antarctica" (2004), which I can
       | recommend if you are interested learning about the sport. She
       | broke the womens and mens speed record for swimming the channel
       | at age 15 and 16 and continued to pile on remarkable records all
       | over the world.
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       | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7365713M/Swimming_to_Antarct...
        
       | jwitchel wrote:
       | Most open water distance swimming takes the tides into account.
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       | Here's an article that gets into it a bit with some data to
       | boot...
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       | https://evanmorrison.com/swim/posts/manhattan-swim-tides/
        
       | rusteh1 wrote:
       | My sister-in-law swam the channel a few weeks ago, under the
       | supervision of a pilot from the linked association. A direct
       | point to point swim is around 33km. Due to the tides and the
       | timing of her swim it was a 58km crossing. Incredible!
        
       | AtlasBarfed wrote:
       | Channel crossing is usually critically aided by timing tides that
       | help suck you out when leaving England, and suck you in as you
       | approach France.
       | 
       | https://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/swim-advice/chann...
        
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