Trio tackle 17km Mediterranean swim
Jose de Charmoy, Andrew Stevens and Mike Oberholzer have a history of entering the ocean for long distance swims.
The Dolphin Coast’s crazy swimming gang are at it again, tackling another long distance open-water swim, this time in the Mediterranean.
Jose de Charmoy, Andrew Stevens and Mike Oberholzer have a history of entering the ocean for long distance swims.
They have swum the five or six kilometres from Salt Rock to Clarke Bay and Salmon Bay a few times and the 12km from Tinley Manor to Clarke Bay in Ballito, and the longest one, 20km from Perth to Rottnest Island off Australia.
“We also swam 8km from the island of Coin De Mire to the mainland of Mauritius, which earned us more than a few funny looks from locals who thought we had a death wish,” said De Charmoy.
On Wednesday September 19 the three undertook one of their most challenging swims yet – 17km from Sardinia to Corsica.
“Thousands of people have done the English channel and Australia swims – fewer than 50 have completed this one.”
He said these long distance jaunts were certainly taking their toll on old bones, and what made this swim so challenging were the currents as well as the jellyfish often in those waters.
“We have been very apprehensive about this swim, but we have been training for five months and believe we were as prepared as we could be.”
De Charmoy said he was also keen to get a regular long distance swim going on the North Coast and appealed to all interested to contact him at 083 582 4369.
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