Wandering Samurai In The Open Water

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A rōnin was a samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless for various reasons including due to the death [...]

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The Legacy Of Russell Chaffee

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Morning Times of Sayre, Pennsylvania reported the passing of open water swimming pioneer Russell Chaffee. The 87-year-old had quite a career and mindset that foreshadowed the contemporary growth [...]

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Mo Siegel Does America Before Japan

Elaine Howley of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association provided this detailed perspective of Mo Siegel's swim across America's Channel. At 6:36 am on August 17th, 61-year-old Mo Siegel of Piermont, New York, splashed into [...]

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America’s Channel Got Talent

The American Channel, formerly known as Massachusetts Bay, has been sitting dormant for nearly a century when it comes to marathon swimming. But Greg O’Connor (shown on left) of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association [...]

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Going, Going Gone…Breaststroke

The Alexander Channel Cup, a three-foot George V sterling silver trophy, was presented to Henry Sullivan for being the first American and third person overall to swim the English Channel His breaststroke crossing in 26 [...]

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Henry Sullivan And His Alexander Channel Cup

Henry Sullivan, in a era when easy transatlantic transportation was not available, attempted to swim the English Channel seven times. He traveled by ship each time across the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to England, a [...]

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Real Old School Open Water Swimming

The all-breaststroke Catalina Channel swim that Jason Lassen did yesterday was a real throw-back swim, all the way back to 1927 when Henry Sullivan first swam the Catalina Channel in breaststroke in 22 hours and [...]

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