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Race Reports for Rottnest Channel Swim 2016

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Conditions at the start of my wave at 05:55 were near perfect. The SW swell was about 15cm with a light E/NE breeze so the water was glassy. I was making way at a slow but acceptable 3.3km/h and was on target for about 6h or slightly under. However, at 10:30 when I was at 12km it all turned to shit when the wind rapidly swung around to the NW then W. The ocean blew up and I spent the next 6km swimming through a choppy 1 to 1.5m swell. To make it even more fun, because my skipper took me on a Southerly course, large boats heading to the island for the day blasted past me so periodically I would get hammered by the bow waves from large high speed boats. After 18km when I was inside Thomson bay it all settled down a bit but the damage was done. I have proved to myself, without intending to, that I can swim a 19.7km ocean race without training. It is not a strategy I would recommend however. If conditions are good you might get away with it but if they turn bad it will
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