In Search of Nessie
gregoc
Charter Member
Sarah, Elaine and Craig are attempting to swim the length of Loch Ness right now. Three solo swims at the same time. Each has their own support boat,crew and observer. They started about 8 ands half hours ago. 5:00am local time. 12:00am EST USA. Below is a link to the SPOT tracker on Elaine's boat. She is over half way!
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=063JMzGtCROsfaqPQedCsi8TOQqGBxZqp
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Looking good.
The word is that Sarah is approaching the finish and Elaine is 500 yards ahead of Craig.
Word is that the water is 57 degrees F.
Here is the word from Sarah's team and Elain's current track.
Finishing at Lochend. Just about one mile to go.
All done!
Deep fried Mars Bars all round!!!
That's 4 swims in less than 4 weeks. Marcy McDonald swam , as the first American about 3 weeks ago. Poor Craig, he had boat trouble again.. but soldiered on.
Well done. I love the fact that all three started together and finished very closely as well.
I think this is the first triple crown of lake monster swims.
Bravo for all of them! Congratulations!
A wonderful assembly of Swimmer Scouts and crew gathered at Fort Augustus, Scotland at 5:30 am on Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 to swim the 22.2 mile length of Loch Ness with water temps in the 50s.
Sarah Thomas, Elaine Kornbau Howley, and Craig Lenning stared down the monster, took on the challenge, swam the length of this cold water lake and climbed out of the water at Lochend Beach at Inverness.
What struck me most, aside from the beauty and spirit of Loch Ness itself, was that each of these accomplished swimmers had their unspoken doubts and concerns. Each overcame them. Each walked ashore on the other side.
Two completed the Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims.
Thomas may have set a female non-wetsuit record with her time of 10:52.
"Expedition swimming" at its very best.
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It was the best day to swim all year and the three swimmers were strong and successful. Congratulations to all. Not a swim to be undertaken lightly. Many try, few succeed.
The current ratified record swim time for Loch Ness is 9hrs 25mins 37 secs by a lady Rachel Godburn.
That would probably make Sarah's crossing the second fastest female, non wetsuit. The records related to swims of Loch Ness are surprisingly difficult to obtain. So far we have identified about 15 solo swimmers, official and unofficial who have done this swim, including Marcy MacDonald and the three Swimmer Scouts.