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English channel swim map. Before the development of the modern nations british scholars very often referred to it as gaulish gallicum in latin and french scholars as british or english. The name english channel has been widely used since the early 18th century possibly originating from the designation engelse kanaal in dutch sea maps from the 16th century. Swim the english channel.

The channel swimming association was founded in 1927 and is internationally recognised to observe and authenticate channel swims. Read more your first steps. Read our step by step guide on how to swim the english channel with the channel swimming association.

Endurance swimmer lewis pugh completed his record breaking feat of swimming the length of the english channel this week from lands end in cornwall to dover in kent to raise awareness about the. Julian green is raising money for charity in attempting to be one of the first 1000 people to swim the english channel sometime july 5th 12th 2007. Click here to read about the charities and hopefully contribute.

After a seaman had floated across the channel on a bundle of straw matthew webb made the crossing without the aid of artificial buoyancy. His first attempt ended in failure but on 25 august 1875 he started from admiralty pier in dover and made the crossing in 21 hours and 45 minutes despite challenging tides which delayed him for 5 hours and a jellyfish sting. When traversing the english channel the boat pilot pays respect to the aformentioned tides when heading for france which means the tidal affect will be perpendicular to the direction of the swimmer.

It is incredibly rare for a swimmer to ever be swimming with or against the tide. The channel swimming piloting federation cspf is the largest and most comprehensive governing body for english channel swimming. English channel map facts and details.

Other bodies of water. Some 10000 years ago as the last ice age melted away new bodies of water formed including the english channel and irish sea great britain and ireland were now islands and both would eventually benefit from that process. Live tracking of csa pilots and vessels helping swimmers cross the english channel.

If no marker is shown on the map for a vessel it is likely to be docked. There are currently no vessel tracks recorded within the last 10 minutes. Want to swim the channel.

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