Farallon Islands swims

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  • suziedodssuziedods Mem​ber
    Weather looks good, Day two of some extraordinaryily warm weather for this time of year. water temps IN the bay of 56/57 F. Looks good. Best of luck to Craig. Swim safe.
  • loneswimmerloneswimmer IrelandCharter Member
    Twitter is @NightTrainSwim. Any weather/water temp/Craig details from boat or crew?

    loneswimmer.com

  • AnthonyMcCarleyAnthonyMcCarley Berwyn, PACharter Member
  • suziedodssuziedods Mem​ber
    edited April 2014
    Wind Speed (WSPD): 5.8 kts
    Wind Gust (GST): 7.8 kts
    Wave Height (WVHT): 4.6 ft
    Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 15 sec
    Average Period (APD): 6.8 sec
    Mean Wave Direction (MWD): WNW ( 298 deg true )
    Air Temperature (ATMP): 50.4 °F
    Wind Chill (CHILL): 47.8 °F
    Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 5.8 kts
    Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 5.8 kts
    *** I just cut and pasted this** I don't know the REAL meaning... I just look at wind speed-- ( under 10 knt) wave hgt 5Ft-- no great but not horrid ***
  • gregocgregoc Charter Member
    Are the waves coming from the WNW or moving toward the WNW? Wind directions?
  • AnthonyMcCarleyAnthonyMcCarley Berwyn, PACharter Member
    Greg,
    Believe the swells and wind are moving from west to east. I could be wrong, but pretty sure
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    I am on the boat. He is doing great. 5 out of 5, he says.
  • AnthonyMcCarleyAnthonyMcCarley Berwyn, PACharter Member
    evmo,
    very jealous of you.
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited May 2019
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    MSF exclusive :)
  • loneswimmerloneswimmer IrelandCharter Member
    All hail the USS Lenning!

    loneswimmer.com

  • Leonard_JansenLeonard_Jansen Charter Member
    Crush it, Craig, crush it!

    -LBJ

    “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde

  • Leonard_JansenLeonard_Jansen Charter Member
    A quick estimate has him about 36% of the way done.

    -LBJ

    “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde

  • lakespraylakespray Senior Member
    All hail the USS Lenning!
    He is also known as the "hook & boom" and "King Lenning" Whatever you call him, he is the man! @evmo please keep the updates coming, thanks.

  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member
    When does the flood start sucking him to SERC?

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • CliffCliff Member
    Judging by Evan's exclusive photo, Craig may be having too much fun out there. Anyway, he couldn't have asked for a better support team to keep him on-course and motivated!
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    Flood wise, it would be good to make the 12 mile buoy (lightship) by 3. Things are looking very, very good generally.
  • suziedodssuziedods Mem​ber
    This is just toooooo exciting!!
    Tell him there's hot pizza at SERC...
  • jcmalickjcmalick Wilmington, DEMember
    Hook & Boom is gonna break the 47 year old cold spell! Best have some fireworks lined up under the GGB and have him push for that light ship @evmo! He's home free once he hits that mama in conjuncture with the timing of the flood!
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    Both towers of the Bridge visible above a fog bank. Craig strong like ox, 55 spm. 16.3 statute to go, almost half way.
  • suziedodssuziedods Mem​ber
    jackie cobell says** give him my best wishes** he has a heart of gold*
  • ssthomasssthomas DenverCharter Mem​ber
    Ah...the beard. He told me last week he had to cut part of the moustache because it was directing water into his mouth and choking him when he was swimming and breathing. #manproblems
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    Past halfway now, and the tide is starting to suck him in. Last half hour was the fastest yet.
  • SharkoSharko Tomales BayGuest
    I think Craig is smiling...because of the warm water... showing 59f on the weather buoy 46237...almost too warm for him!!! looks like it was a good day to swim it!!!

    "I never met a shark I didn't like"

  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    Craig is in good spirits, with hardly a slurred word. SR a steady 54. This next hour is critical. Less than 12 statute left. Send him your energy and love, people!
  • sylmarinosylmarino San FranciscoMember
    Go, Craig, go! Feel the San Francisco Bay calling you in!
  • FilFil Derby, VTCharter Member
    Energy and love from the NEK. Go Craig.
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    Correction on some of the water temp reports going around. We were approx 54 at the islands, rising now to 58 as we approach SF.
  • LOSTswimmerLOSTswimmer Oakville, Ontario, CanadaMember
    Keep it going Craig! This is truly a legendary swim! All the best from the LOSTies in Oakville, Canada!
    Rob Kent

    Cheers,
    Rob

  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member
    Strength and Honor Craig!

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • suziedodssuziedods Mem​ber
    Come on Craig! We have faith! The fog is creeping in on little cat feet, you can barrel on it.
  • AnthonyMcCarleyAnthonyMcCarley Berwyn, PACharter Member
    evmo, Update? Tracking north on purpose?
  • molly1205molly1205 Lincoln, NebraskaSenior Member
    Sending WARM wishes for a great swim from the middle of the middle - Lincoln, Nebraska. Go Craig! You got this!

    Molly Nance, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • jcmalickjcmalick Wilmington, DEMember
    edited April 2014
    Is he heading in towards Stinson or is the plan to still bring him under the GGB @evmo?
  • Good luck Craig... git 'er dun.
  • SharkoSharko Tomales BayGuest
    He could go into Stinson/Bolinas or ride the predominant north to south current around Pt Bonita where the flood can take him in...not sure or the tide situation

    "I never met a shark I didn't like"

  • LynnkubLynnkub Charter Mem​ber
    I've been watching this all day at work!!! SWIM CRAIG!!! SWIM!!!
    Though he does look a bit north-ish.

    ps...I sure wish there was a scale on the map (Evan do you know if there is a way to tweak the Spot Tracker for that?)
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    We are aiming for the Headlands now. Flood did not materialize.
  • LynnkubLynnkub Charter Mem​ber
    Bummer for the MIA-flood.
  • firebahfirebah Charter Member
    Craig rocks!
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    To be clear, I personally consider a finish on land a successful channel swim. This will be an issue FISF will need to grapple with.

    Craig still has a substantial swim ahead of him to reach Muir Beach, please keep sending warm thoughts. He's been in this water 13 hrs now.
  • CliffCliff Member
    Flood didn't happen or is it a matter of timing? Sitting here in a comfy chair feeling inadequate. GO CRAIG!
  • JBirrrdJBirrrd MarylandSenior Member
    This swim is better than the NCAA women's basketball game, and I'm pretty excited about the game. History being made in both sports tonight. Go Craig! Go Huskies!
  • ssthomasssthomas DenverCharter Mem​ber
    Hugs, hugs, and more hugs to Mr. Lenning.
  • jcmalickjcmalick Wilmington, DEMember
    Also going along the special conformities of the federation, is he wearing a standard silicone/latex cap or is he going by the "allowed" article of neoprene which the pioneers supposedly did not don?
  • david_barradavid_barra NYCharter Member
    High tide at point Bonita is in about 1.5 hours.

    ...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

  • Keep stroking Craig!
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited May 2019
    Last photo of Craig before sunset. SF is engulfed in a fog bank, but Headlands still visible.

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    JC, he is wearing a single silicone cap.

    Lack of Flood was due to not reaching it in time.

    Craig will be the third swimmer in history to reach the mainland from the Farallons, after Stewart Evans and Ted Erikson, nearly 50 years ago.
  • AnthonyMcCarleyAnthonyMcCarley Berwyn, PACharter Member
    Is it just me or has the Spot Tracker been off a while?
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    1.67 nautical miles to history.
  • gregocgregoc Charter Member
    @AnthonyMcCarley, it's working fine for me. It looks like Craig has about 1-1.5 miles left before landfall and the end of one awesomely historical swim! Go Craig!
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