OmniathlonOWS
Hudson River — United States

Albany Yacht Club - Pier A

216.2 km
Distance
Albany Yacht Club ↔ Pier A
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. Jun 1888
    First crossingSteve Brodie
  2. Jun 1888
    First from countrySteve Brodie🇺🇸 United States
  3. 1926
    First womanCharlotte Schoemmell57:11
  4. 1926
    RecordCharlotte SchoemmellSkin · Solo · 57:11
  5. 1988
    RecordSkip StorchSkin · Stage · 53:20
  6. 2005
    RecordSkip StorchWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage · 41:30

Crossings per decade

0.5118801920193019802000

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.