10/09/2012 – Sun-drenched Haven

64 Bold & Beautiful swimmers

Soak up another beautiful day in paradise !

No stingers, just a totally sun-drenched bay 🙂

It’s true the winter badge challenge is sadly over, but we would still
love you to tick your name off on the sheets (or add it again if it’s been a few weeks since your last swim) each and every time you come down for
a swim as it helps us with our daily numbers on the daily attendance and goes towards your own
journey on our Pacific Challenge… If you haven’t seen it yet it’s
pretty damn cool, check it out here… so PLEASE keep ticking, thank you 🙂

15 swimmers enjoyed a 6.30 dawn lap into Shelly, with a few others
setting off even early to get up to Queensie and back before joining us
for the regular 7am lap, they’re the ones looking a tad chilly above 😉

Our Hawaii contingent seem to be struggling to re-climatise too, all in their rubber suits.

Only 3 swimmers continued on for a double this
morning, must be that damn work thing getting in the way.

An Australian swimmer, Trent Grimsey broke the record for crossing the English Channel last week, in a fantastic time of 6 hours 55minutes !!  To read more click here  (thanks for sending through the link Gaetan).

Collie and James are enjoying sharing in the local knowledge of the Channel at Varne Ridge.

Collie is currently waiting for better weather, which seems unlikely from these photos, but its simply crap out in the channel and unfortunately not due to change for a bit.  Collie and James are keeping themselves at the ready though.  A full lap of Dover Harbour is 2.6kms, just like doing a Queensie lap.  They’ve been going out at night (for a swim that is) but yesterday was their first swim in daylight !  They are extremely grateful of everyone’s support, please keep everything crossed for a break in the weather for Colliedog!

You can see Collie’s in good spirits and up to his usual tricks 🙂

Ben’s last swim with us before he leaves to take on the English Channel solo is this coming Saturday, 15th September !  So please
come down to create a farewell good luck ring for Ben to be surrounded by at the point as we wish him farewell and all the best of luck for a successful channel
crossing !! 🙂

Some more photos of yesterday’s badge ceremony courtesy of Stephen.

Which Sharon was disappointed to miss, as she contemplated a swim in the Yarra River, Melbourne…

B&B have a team in the Manly Relay for Life this Weekend, where 15 of us are
participating in an 18 hour walk to raise funds and awareness for cancer
research.  So please feel free to pop down to Keirle Park any time too keep us company, or if you would like to sponsor our team you can do so here

Please join us at
Murray’s in Manly this Wednesday from 6.30pm to enjoy a special B&B
evening with happy hour priced house beer and wine and complementary
nibbles to share. 

It will be a regular monthly occasion, held on the second Wednesday of every month !  We’ll be gathered at the back to the left of the bar, so please come
down and enjoy a cool drink with your fellow swimmers.  You can stay for
dinner too if you wish, as Murray’s are also offering B&B swimmers
10% discount on all food at all times when you show your B&B discount card (which you can get from me any morning at swimming).

Next monthly B&B special $20 Bluewater dinner is on Monday 24th September, bookings are essential so please book in here asap.

Water Temperature 16.6
Air Temperature 11.0
Sunrise 6.01am
Sunset 5.43pm
Low Tide: 8.55am
High Tide: 3.34pm

To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here