Author Archives: courtneypaulk

On Sunday, Rondi Davies and I will be swimming clockwise around Manhattan – or a Reverse Manhattan. Only two people have completed a Reverse Manhattan swim. My friend Kris Rutford was the first to complete a Reverse Manhattan in 1995. … Continue reading →

Monday morning, August 12th at 7:30 a.m. BST/2:30 a.m. EDT I will, once again, head off to swim across the English Channel. Like last year, the plan is to swim from England to France and back again. Fingers crossed for … Continue reading →

Good morning from England! We arrived a few days ago and are currently on the Dovercoaster waiting for good weather/wind. We met with our boat pilot Eddie last night and it is looking like we will be no go until … Continue reading →

English Channel 2x swim is on for tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. GMT (midnight Tuesday EDT)! If anything changes, I will post. Keep sending positive messages to Mother Nature for calm seas and winds.

Swim on hold for now due to weather. Will update when I know something.

I’m all set to start my 2x English Channel swim on Tuesday morning at 4:00 a.m. (or 11:00 p.m. Monday on the US East Coast) from Samphire Hoe. If anything changes, I will post an update. Here is the tracker … Continue reading →

Beautiful night on the English Channel. Despite the calm night, the weather is a bit unsettled over southeastern England. Looking like the earliest I will swim will be early-mid next week. Send good messages to Mother Nature please!

Matt recently pointed out that it has been a REALLY long time since I posted. In fact, it has been since 2016. I actually was a little shocked by that. So many things have happened since my 2x Catalina attempt … Continue reading →

Teamwork makes the dream work. Kelly Cragle, one of the crew, came up with that as a hashtag during the swim. And, boy was that ever the case in the Catalina Channel last week.  So, not a double, but a … Continue reading →

Shortly after ‪11:15pm‬ Saturday, September 3, 2016, Courtney gave Matt a kiss and jumped off the Outrider boat and into the Pacific Ocean. A small section of the rocky beach was illuminated by Jamie Siler, her friend whom she had … Continue reading →