Swim & Tonic

Courtney will finish to the left of the cave. Stay tuned for video!

Courtney has been swimming for over 11 hours, and is so close to the mainland.

She has had some elbow pain throughout her swim, but continues to be in good spirits and swim strong despite it. She’s swimming 57 strokes/minute, and the water temp is hovering around 63. She’s hanging in there and knows what she needs to do to finish!

7/10 of a mile to go. One final feed, and she’s off!

Courtney has a little over two miles and two quick feelings to go. Nate got in for 30 minutes as the temperature dropped from 65, to 64, to 63.5, where its holding steady. We can practically taste California!

Sun is breaking through. Glassy swells. Perfect temperature. Pushing through.

Courtney’s still truckin. This time with Allison jumping in beside her for a little company down the home stretch. Cleared the shipping lane, zeroed in on the coast. Making phenomenal time.

Courtney continues to power along. If she continues at the same speed, she should finish in less than 3 hours!

I’m (Allison) jumping in at the next feeding and handing off the blogging to Nate! Other swimmers can help pace the channel swimmer for up to three hours, one hour at a time max. Water conditions are rolly, but not choppy, and the temp is 67.3. It was 69 for quite a long time, and is expected to drop as we approach the cove where we will finish.

Above, a big oil tanker.

Courtney gets breakfast–a turkey sandwich with the crusts cut off:

The crew gets breakfast:

On the menu is made-to-order French toast, eggs, breakfast burritos and more. (Thank you, Michael!) I’m sure glad she won’t be reading this until after her swim. 🙂