Hey,
Someone was telling me yesterday that there is a 3/8 mile buoy out there. I have not seen such a thing, either from up above or in the water. If there is one, is it on line between the quarter and half buoys or is it off to the side somewhere?
Also, Ron Lockman, if you are lurking about, I am game for a cove to shores swim one of the afternoons this weekend, now that my son is gone,
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"Hey Ron, when you swim shores to the cove where do you get in? I heard the swim described as a mile, I imagine it depends on where you get out. My relay gets out at the lifeguard tower."
When I swim from the Shores, I enter the water at the main lifeguard tower. Next Saturday morning I`m taking a class on how to efficiently swim long distances with a kayak escort, and plan on swimming from the otherside of the Scripps Pier to the Cove.
Aug 3, I`ll be swimming the 5 Mile Tour of the Buoys.
"I swam at the cove this AM...to the B buoy and back. I took 21 min on the way out and 14 min on the way back, which leads to another question: Is there a prevailing current working against you on the way out? "
Yes,...the "flight" back from the B Bouy is almost always a little faster.
"Last week my splits were almost dead even. I would love to believe that 14 min half...I did swim it hard, I took a few minutes getting my breath back."
I "crash " landed at the Cove a month or so ago,...on my way back in I got globbered by a wave,..it could not have been timed better. After I surfaced in the foam,..the rip-current was fierce,..I was within 10 yards of beaching,...a lifeguard came dowm the stairway with a rescue can. Finially another wave pushed me up to his feet, I started to get up and he told me to stay dowm,,immediately another broken wave pushed me beyond him and past some rocks. The rocks scared me, you could get hurt being washed into them.
"Since salt water is more buoyant... could I infer that all other things being equal, I could swim faster in the ocean?"
I think so! Especially if you wear a wet-suit.
"BTW, the conditions were wonderful, I could see the bottom almost the entire way... have not done that before....even the kelp got out of my way."
Life is grand!
"Hey Ron, when you swim shores to the cove where do you get in? I heard the swim described as a mile, I imagine it depends on where you get out. My relay gets out at the lifeguard tower."
When I swim from the Shores, I enter the water at the main lifeguard tower. Next Saturday morning I`m taking a class on how to efficiently swim long distances with a kayak escort, and plan on swimming from the otherside of the Scripps Pier to the Cove.
Aug 3, I`ll be swimming the 5 Mile Tour of the Buoys.
"I swam at the cove this AM...to the B buoy and back. I took 21 min on the way out and 14 min on the way back, which leads to another question: Is there a prevailing current working against you on the way out? "
Yes,...the "flight" back from the B Bouy is almost always a little faster.
"Last week my splits were almost dead even. I would love to believe that 14 min half...I did swim it hard, I took a few minutes getting my breath back."
I "crash " landed at the Cove a month or so ago,...on my way back in I got globbered by a wave,..it could not have been timed better. After I surfaced in the foam,..the rip-current was fierce,..I was within 10 yards of beaching,...a lifeguard came dowm the stairway with a rescue can. Finially another wave pushed me up to his feet, I started to get up and he told me to stay dowm,,immediately another broken wave pushed me beyond him and past some rocks. The rocks scared me, you could get hurt being washed into them.
"Since salt water is more buoyant... could I infer that all other things being equal, I could swim faster in the ocean?"
I think so! Especially if you wear a wet-suit.
"BTW, the conditions were wonderful, I could see the bottom almost the entire way... have not done that before....even the kelp got out of my way."
Life is grand!
