185 Bold & Beautiful swimmers splash out with a new winter record!
To enjoy another beautiful day in paradise together, with more idyllic conditions.
183 swimmers, seriously that is amazing by anyone’s standard and in mid-winter too – Oh My Goodness, that is incredible !!!
Some people just can’t contain their excitement
It’s hardly surprising with such a superb morning and dolphins right at the point just before we entered the water too !
It’s wonderful to see Anne Edwards back in the water swimming with us after her back surgery 🙂
And cheerio to Little Sarah and Jon Abbott as they head back to Hong Kong for another stint, not for too long we hope.
Collie is out in the bay swimming 20 laps over ~12 hours today, Ben is doing at least half of it with him as they are both training for their up coming Solo English Channel swims. You can see their feeding tent and support crew sent up on Shelly Beach for the day, so please jump in any time throughout the day to keep them company for a lap or two, they will definitely be most grateful and happy to see you.
Ted did well to spot this whopper of a Wobbegong which was busy masquerading as rock amongst the kelp.
Look again, he’s definitely there… a little easier to see in this photo below maybe
A whopping 15 swimmers continued on to enjoy a double lap this morning too !
Some more great photos taken of this morning’s swim, courtesy of Brett Chaloner
Oh… did I mention 49 of us swam with a whale this week !!! 😉 Just in case you did manage to miss it make sure you scroll back through the blog posts this week to see it, it was unbelievable 🙂
Water Temperature 17.2
Air Temperature 10.0
Sunrise 6.50am
Sunset 5.13pm
Low Tide: 9.08am
High Tide: 3.51pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
Photos just in from Peta Saunders, taken between 12.30-1.20pm as she is down at Shelly supporting Collie in his mammoth swim, along with some other B&B swimmers (Alex, Iain, James, John and Michael) who are currenlty lapping it up alongside Collie 🙂
14 comments
Alyson
28/07/2012 at 11:06 am
cheerio little Sarah and Jon Abbott – we miss you already and look forward to seeing you when you get back! xx
Little Sarah
28/07/2012 at 11:27 am
Thx Jules, Alyson and everyone for making our stays in Manly so wonderful and memorable. Special thanks to all my patient swimming partners. Greg today for both legs:-)
At breakfast yesterday we were talking about swimming without goggles – yes some of us grew up this way amazingly! Fact: “Largely unknown until the 1970s – Olympians weren’t even allowed to wear them until 1976.”
And yes, some of us really were there with beautiful Mrs Whale. Lesley, pls adapt the nice pic Jules took of me today to make it clear to all that “I was there”:-) Really hope the W W/o W swimmers are with her next time!
And yes, we can’t wait to be back already…… xxx Sarah & Jon
Elaine
28/07/2012 at 11:41 am
Sarah and Jon, don’t say you won’t be there tomorrow…wish you could be with us all the time. How can Hong Kong compare with Manly!Hurry back soon!
Looked like another superb swim again today. Wonder what will be in store for us tomorrow after a week of whales, seals, wobbegongs and Port Jacksons! How lucky are we?
Little Sarah
28/07/2012 at 11:42 am
….and please note everyone, I’ve finished in the first very elite column of the Pacific Challenge (and got past Newcastle)! Yeh!!
Lesley
28/07/2012 at 12:12 pm
ok Sarah leave it with me!! 🙂
See you back here soon!!
jack s 15
28/07/2012 at 12:43 pm
Hi Sarah
Sorry I couldn’t be there today, I’ve had the flu.
Thank you very much for swimming with me and helping me get my Winter Badge! I hope you and Jon have a lovely trip, see you when you are back. 🙂
Little Sarah
28/07/2012 at 12:59 pm
Hi Jack, your enthusiastic swimming partnership was a great help with my badge too! Do hope you get well very soon and look f/w to swimming with you again in October:-)
Pacific Jules
28/07/2012 at 1:24 pm
Photos just added above from Peta who is down at Shelly supporting Collie in his swim along with many more supportive B&B souls
Sandy Mc
28/07/2012 at 4:21 pm
Wow “Hawk-eye” Ted…how on earth did you spot that Wobbie. She was so well camouflaged and such a beauty!
Go channel boys you must be getting a little cold by now.
The photos are just getting better and better Jules and friends
Sharon
28/07/2012 at 4:55 pm
Sarah and Jon – this ones for you!! Sorry I cant be there to see you on your last swim for a little while, day one on the snow and I wore my pink beanie!
….. Cant wait to see you back later on in the year and Sarah …I will learn to look after my neck too. Thank you for being so supportive x
Little Tiger
28/07/2012 at 5:33 pm
Beautiful swim today. So nice to see Anne E back in the water.
Farewell Sarah & Jon, speedy return.
Just dropped in to see the Channel crew. Support group doing a marvellous job.
Well done Collie.
John
28/07/2012 at 8:00 pm
A great turnout,especially for winter,but the conditions were well worth the effort.
Farewell Sarah and Jon,have a safe trip.
Pacific Jules
28/07/2012 at 8:11 pm
Collie finished his fantastic 30km swim today in under 12 hours with fabulous support from great friends and fellow B&B swimmers including Alex, Ben, James, John, Michael, Nicole and Iain who accompanied Collie for the whole 30km !!
Plenty of other B&B swimmers popped down throughout the day to show their support and help keep morale high.
Fantastic effort Collie and co. very well done !! Next stop France 🙂
fifi
29/07/2012 at 10:39 am
Congratulations Collie and the amazing domestiques!
My apologies, I had hoped to jump in for a few laps but this week hasnt been quite what I might have imagined. Looks like you all did great xx