OmniathlonOWS
The Minch — United Kingdom

The Minch

37.2 km
Distance
Gob na Miolaid ↔ Rubha Reigh
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. Jul 8, 2018
    First crossingColleen Isla Blair18:46:29
  2. Jul 8, 2018
    First womanColleen Isla Blair18:46:29
  3. Jul 8, 2018
    First from countryColleen Isla Blair🇬🇧 United Kingdom18:46:29
  4. Jul 8, 2018
    RecordColleen Isla BlairSkin · Solo · 18:46:29

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.