A fellow master swimmer recently posed the question of whether or not there have been any swim races in the past (I think open water races is what he had in mind) where the participants can use any equipment they want as long as it is not motorized equipment in any way....i.e. fins, paddles, wetsuits, ...etc...as long as the human body provides all of the energy (i.e. no motors of any kind)? Does anyone know the answer?
I thought that it was an interesting question......I wonder how fast a group of swimmers could swim in an open water race of say 2 or 3 miles if the participants were all allowed to use fins, paddles, and wetsuits?
Newmastersswimmer
For the english channel there is an organization that is an offshoot called the channel crossing association or something like that that will certify channel crossings of many types.
Basically you set the terms and they will certify that you did it. So you want to cross the channel in wetsuit and fins then they will certify it for you. I suspect it comes form the desire of many people to wear wetsuits.
A channel "swim" means no wetsuit, grease only etc etc, but a channel "crossing" can be other things.
I have never heard of these things for other areas.
For the english channel there is an organization that is an offshoot called the channel crossing association or something like that that will certify channel crossings of many types.
Basically you set the terms and they will certify that you did it. So you want to cross the channel in wetsuit and fins then they will certify it for you. I suspect it comes form the desire of many people to wear wetsuits.
A channel "swim" means no wetsuit, grease only etc etc, but a channel "crossing" can be other things.
I have never heard of these things for other areas.
