Loch Lochy — United Kingdom

Loch Lochy

15.6 km
Distance
Laggan Locks ↔ Gairlochy Lighthouse
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. First crossingMorag Hughes8:48
  2. First womanMorag Hughes8:48
  3. First from countryMorag Hughes🇬🇧 United Kingdom8:48
  4. RecordMorag HughesEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:48
  5. First manPhilip Hodges6:11:16
  6. First from countryPhilip Hodges🇦🇺 Australia6:11:16
  7. RecordPhilip HodgesSkin · Solo · 6:11:16
  8. RecordPhilip HodgesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:11:16

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.

Source: British Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.