Thursday 22 November 2018

We Did It Four Ways ..

Big Ricks Swim Team...
1st swimming team from Great Britain & Europe to ever
swim four ways across the english channel
Mel , Charlie , Stu, Paul , Ross & Ryan .
2nd to 4th of september 2018
46 hours 13 minutes  



2nd september 2018 , around Its 1.30am at  Dover Marina 
 and we are just about start our 4 way...

who knows what lies ahead .... 
we are excited , nervous and a tiny bit scared ..
we know this swim is going to take well over 40 hrs...
with weather forecast not looking great after that .. we know 
the swim will get difficult on the fourth crossing  ..
lets get this swim started......


waiting for our pilot Lance Oram and
his crew to arrive .. this will give you some idea
off how much kit we took with us on the boat ..
not sure Lance is going to be happy.!!


Ryan jumps from the Boat and swims his way into
Samphire Hoe Beach to start the swim .
start time 3.20am 2/9/18


Ryan 7hrs in
28hrs in

rest...

more rest
the complete story of the adventure to come
Ricks

Ricks Four Way English Channel swim
distance traveled
Leg 1 26.6 nautical miles 49.2 KM 

Leg 2 21.7 nautical miles 40.1 KM

Leg 3 27.1 nautical miles 50.1 KM

Leg 4 28.5 nautical miles 52.7 KM

Total 103.9 NM 192.7 Kilometers
Short Video off the swim to get you in the 4 way spirit 

Rocky Emery landing in France 
the 2nd time ( 3rd way of the swim )

Ricks

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