Butterfly with a sting in the tail - Sylvain Estadieu's EC swim
loneswimmer
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Forum member, Sandycove swimmer, deranged Frenchman and English Channel soloist @Sylle will tomorrow swim across La Manche toward La Belle France, doing butterfly...provisionally 9.30am start, possibility of a 12 hour weather delay.
His pilot will be Mike Oram, on Gallivant. Tracking as usual on the CS&PF tracking page. A stroke judge will be on board.
Irregular Tweets from crew and forum members @LECummins), @ZoeSadler and myself. Profile names link to Twitter accts.
Edit: main twitter account we'll be using is Sylvain's[/UURL.
His pilot will be Mike Oram, on Gallivant. Tracking as usual on the CS&PF tracking page. A stroke judge will be on board.
Irregular Tweets from crew and forum members @LECummins), @ZoeSadler and myself. Profile names link to Twitter accts.
Edit: main twitter account we'll be using is Sylvain's[/UURL.
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We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sisu: a Finnish term meaning strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
http://fermoyfish.com – Owen O'Keefe (Fermoy, Ireland)
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
First male to swim the English Channel butterfly. First CS&PF butterfly solo.
@loneswimmer accompanied Sylvain in for the last 100 metres to shore. We made him do butterfly - by this point Sylvain had tired enough for @loneswimmer to be able to keep up!
An amazing swim by Sylle!
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I really admire when a swimmer undertakes a tough swim, and deliberately makes it tougher. This seems more in tune with the spirit of marathon swimming, compared with another approach I sometimes see, which is to seek out sneaky ways of making the swim easier.
Relevant thread:
http://www.marathonswimmers.org/forum/discussion/370/doing-it-tough/
Way to go, Sylle!
I really am so much in awe of what @Sylle achieved yesterday, it was amazing to watch. I can't believe that someone could keep lifting their arms over their head for that long and still be able to move today!! So proud of you @Sylle
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
More info coming on @Sylle's blog (and mine) soon hopefully.
The 100 metres of butterfly I had to do at insistence of @lecummins when swimming him into Cap Petit Blanc ranks amongst my more unusual swimming experiences.
(@lecummins: pop quiz: Port and Starboard again?)
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Indeed! Congratulations!
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My crew took great care of me, I am so very thankful for all they've done, I don't think I've done anything to deserve the love they've given to me. Many more persons are left to thank, but I hope I can do that in person for the most part.
I'm off to bake some brioche now ...
Sylle - EC Fly 2013 [Video]
WTG Sylle!
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However, having been on the support boat and watching the swim I am not entirely convinced by the average speed stated for Sylvain's EC butterfly swim. I make it a fair bit quicker than 0.34mph!
I believe that's a miscalculation. 21 miles in 16:41 would be 1.26 mph
Sylle - EC Fly 2013 [Video]
I hope to meet you again. What are your next plans?
Sisu: a Finnish term meaning strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
Sylle - EC Fly 2013 [Video]
Just amazing! I'm still working on my 50 fly, so this is beyond awesome!
Bump. John "Batches" Batchelder of Colorado attempting to become the first American to swim the English Channel butterfly. Tracker linked from forum homepage.
I kinda sorta miss the days when you waited for the person to call from the little red phone booth next to the White Horse... ( which is now gone as well)
Hard fought battle @batches .
I watched the tracker all day long. Well done. I'm inspired no matter the outcome.