There’s a great innaugural event taking place in New York next month: The Great South Bay Swim. It’s an open-water swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines and it’s to benefit the Stonewall Foundation, a group that seeks to “better” the gay community. The swim is the brainchild of Michael Holtz (right), a former collegiate swimmer at Fordham. You can find more about the event on Facebook and at the Stonewall Foundation Web site.
on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 PM
And is this a far swim? I mean, open water is rathr cold anyway – but for long.. this might be impressive!
on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 2:44 PM
My guess is it’s about 3 miles, which is pretty impressive.
on Jul 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Its the Great South Bay…..a body of water between the south shore of Long Island and the north shore of Fire Island. Not too deep or cold for the matter.
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Yeah, it’s 5k, which is about 3.3 miles. Deadline to register is Thursday, Aug. 6. Registration is almost full, so if anyone is interested, get those registrations in ASAP to secure yourself a slot.
-Bradley Matthews (one of Stonewall Swim co-chairs)
on Jul 28th, 2009 at 6:37 AM
It’s between three and four miles and of necessity would follow the same route (south southeast) as the ferry from Sayville, so I suppose there’s been some sort of coordination with the ferry people. The water is 7-8 feet deep in most spots, and there’s typically an afternoon southwest wind kicking up 1-2 foot waves that would be coming at about your right shoulder. I presume a morning start, when the wind is usually from the north and the bay is basically flat.
I used to be a competitive sailor there. Good luck all.
on Sep 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 AM
YEAH! That’s a long swim!! Good for you all who participated! We have the Swim For Life here in Provincetown in a week and a half. It’s a 1.4 mile swim from the lighthouse to the Bostslip….I’ll tell you….it’s long enough for me! Congrats again!
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