I just saw this:
"After swimming alone in a daring solo crossing of Lake Superior last August, and having set 14 records swimming across all five Great Lakes, ultra-marathon athlete Jim Dreyer announced on June 22 that he now has his sights on setting the world distance record for a continuous swim. Dreyer plans to begin his attempt on Friday, September 1st (weather permitting), making a minimum of 31 consecutive crossings of the turbulent Straits of Mackinac, while once again swimming unescorted."
www.chicagoaa.com/.../DireStraitsannounced.html
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For reference, here are the FINA rules on open water swimming.
www.fina.org/.../rules_ows6.htm
OWS 6.7-6.9 would appear to disqualify all of these swims as official swims under International Marathon Swimming rules. One can always find other organizations to try and certify records, but FINA, the Channel Swimming Association, and USA Swimming are all in agreement on these rules.
There are conflicting accounts- but this planned swim doesn't seem to break either the 96-mile non-wetsuit swim or the 312-mile wetsuit Danube River swim 312 miles Two to look into:
"In 2001 Martin Strel swam 504 KM or 312 miles down the Danube river. He covered the distance in 84 hours 10 minutes of nonstop swimming"
"In 1998, Australian Susie Maroney swam 196 kilometres from Mexico to Cuba in 38 hours and 33 minutes, according to the Guinness World Records Web site. Guinness described the feat as the longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea, while Dreyer called it the world distance record for a continuous swim. "
Susie's swim would have been much easier if she would have had a wetsuit- the first time she tried, she pulled out after 3/4 of the way with extensive jellyfish stings!
For reference, here are the FINA rules on open water swimming.
www.fina.org/.../rules_ows6.htm
OWS 6.7-6.9 would appear to disqualify all of these swims as official swims under International Marathon Swimming rules. One can always find other organizations to try and certify records, but FINA, the Channel Swimming Association, and USA Swimming are all in agreement on these rules.
There are conflicting accounts- but this planned swim doesn't seem to break either the 96-mile non-wetsuit swim or the 312-mile wetsuit Danube River swim 312 miles Two to look into:
"In 2001 Martin Strel swam 504 KM or 312 miles down the Danube river. He covered the distance in 84 hours 10 minutes of nonstop swimming"
"In 1998, Australian Susie Maroney swam 196 kilometres from Mexico to Cuba in 38 hours and 33 minutes, according to the Guinness World Records Web site. Guinness described the feat as the longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea, while Dreyer called it the world distance record for a continuous swim. "
Susie's swim would have been much easier if she would have had a wetsuit- the first time she tried, she pulled out after 3/4 of the way with extensive jellyfish stings!
