Granite Wo-Mon 2016
Hey, today was the day! The day of the annual swim from Long Island to the mouth of Blue Hill Harbor, the current incarnation of the Granite Wo-Mon Challenge.
Before the swim:
pre-swim
Thanks to Chris Guinness for this excellent shot.
After the swim:
post-swim
Charlotte Clews posted this picture, although she’s in the picture so I suspect she didn’t hit the button. Was this Henry?
Low tide was at 8:47 AM today, so by rights we should have started the swim at about 11:00 AM, but no one wanted to wait quite that long. We gathered at the KYC at 9:00 (or 9:10… or 9:15) and headed out to Long Island. I think we managed to start swimming at about 10:00.
Let me just say: choppy. Not end-of-the-world choppy but still chopping pretty good. Which is to say: bad. I think we all swallowed quite a bit of seawater.
My strava log suggests that the swim took about 1:38, which is quite a bit more than last year.
A special thanks this year to Tricia Sawyer, who pretty much organized the event, and didn’t get to swim. (N.B.: “Organized” = “sent an email to the rest of the slackers”.) It wouldn’t have happened without you!
For those of you completely confused: Granite Wo-Mon Summary Page
So! The swimmers! (In alphabetical order. I love it because Clementses go first. Unless Sara starts swimming.)
- Alice Clements
- John Clements
- Mary Clews
- Amanda Herman
- Charlotte Clews Lawther
Amazing chase boat crew and welcoming committee:
- Sara Ardrey
- Henry Becton
- Jeannie Becton
- Anika Clements
- Kitty Clements
- Tom Clements
- Henry Clews
- Hal Clews
- Chris Guinness
- Sean Guinness
- Stephen Labrum
- Jerome Lawther
- Jenney Wilder
- Eliza Wilmerding
- Renee (last name ?)
- Others?
Finally, I note with mild dismay the absence of any first-time swimmers. Maybe Lucas will swim next year?