Month: December 2015

New Year’s Day Alcatraz Swim

2016 is almost here and so is the NYD Alcatraz Swim.  South End hosts this event.  Check in and all briefings, and lunch!, will be held at South End.  The schedule is tentative and might change based on the test swim, so watch your email for any changes. The tides don’t wait for late arrivals, nor will the boat.  This swim is not timed, which means you can take a peak at SF and the bridges, but the water is cold.  Swim with friends. Enjoy the swim but be aware of your body temperature and time remaining to shore.

Check in at SERC: 8:45-9:45 AM
Pilot Briefing at DC for DC Pilots: 9:15 AM
Pilot Briefing at SERC: 9:45 AM
Swim Briefing at SERC: 9:55 AM
Walk to Boats right after swim briefing
Board boats: 10:15 AM
Jump into 2016 feet first:  11:00 AM
Lunch at SERC: 12:30 PM

New Year’s Day Cove is….New Year’s Day

Race into 2016 with a brisk cove swim with fellow ‘Phins. After the swim, we will have trinkets and tide books and some food and drink. Check in: 7:15 AM – 7:45 AM. Pilot and Swim Briefing: 7:45 AM. Jump: 8:00 AM.  (No annual swim fees or USMS dues for Cove events.)  The Cove swim occurs before the NYD Alcatraz swim, so you will have hot water and plenty of time to get warm for those wanting to do a double dip (and log lots of squares on the first day of 2016). (Details on Alcatraz will be posted when we get them, but we know the jump will be about 11 AM for Alcatraz.)

Polar Bear Has Begun

The 2015-2016 Polar Bear has begun.  The Polar Bear runs from 5:00 AM on December 21, 2015 to 11:00 PM on March 21, 2016. The squares are up in their usual spot, so break out the colored pencils, get in the water, and get artistic with your miles. To complete the Polar Bear, those under 60 must swim at least 40 miles. Those over 60 (“Old Goats”) must swim at least 20 miles. The Club record is 356 miles. If you complete the Polar Bear, you will receive a white marble block with your miles on it (if this is your first Polar Bear, you will get a little polar bear to go on top of the block) at the Pilots Appreciation Dinner. The forecast for this winter is rain, but the rain is warmer than the water, so come on down. If you are swimming outside of the Bay Area, any water 55 degrees F (or colder!) counts towards your miles, unless you are trying for First to 40, which must be completed in the Cove.

New Year’s Day Qualifer

December 20, 2015

 

Pilots:

Francisco Hernandez, Terry Horn, Davis Ja, Brian Kiernan, Andrea Morgan, Kent Myers, John Robiola

 

Helpers:

David Bennett, Ward Bushee, Andrew Cassidy, Peter Cullinan, Nancy Friedman, Brian Gilbert, John Grunstad, Anne Hamersky, Sergei Khorochev, Mickey Lavelle, George Morris, Peter Neubauer, Daragh Powers, Robin Rome, Polly Rose, Kathleen Sheridan, Deborah Sherwood, Eric Shupert, Andy Stone, Matthew Stoops, Janice Wood, Madhuri Yechuri

 

The following have qualified for the New Year’s Day Alcatraz Swim, run by the South End Rowing Club:

 

f.name        l.name

Michael       Barber

Peter            Bartu

Ross             Brown

Bill               Burke

Laura            Burtch-Zovickian

Ward            Bushee

Bob               Cable

Robert          Callan Jr.

George         Chamales

Michael       Connolly

Ken               Coren

Charlie         Cross

Brendan      Crow

Peter            Cullinan

Danny          De Leon

Kathleen       Duffy

Tim               Dumm

Joe                Ferrero

Krista           Gager

Patrick          Grady

Byron            Harbour

Suzanne       Heim

Patrick          Horn

John             Ingle

Virginie        Jabbour

Renee          Kaufman

Emily            Kreger

Tom              Kuglen

Aniko           Kurczinak

Mickey         Lavelle

Joe                Marenda

John             Mattox

Sean             McFadden

George         Morris

Jon                Nakamura

Tom              Neill

Peter            Neubauer

Lisa              Newman-Wise

John             Nogue

Joseph         Omran

Holly            Reed

Gina             Rus

Gina             Rus

Ron               Russ

Steve            Schatz

Larry             Scroggins

Basil             Stamos

Andy             Stone

Paul              Vanhoven

Laura            Vartain Horn

Sam              Vilain

Kevin            Whalen

Georg           Wien

Andrew        Willis

Noah            Zovickian

 

 

The following swam the Dolphin Club New Year’s Day Qualifier and finished. All have qualified for the New Year’s Day Alcatraz Swim, run by the South End Rowing Club, but these have indicated that they do not plan to swim the New Year’s Day event:

 

f.name        l.name

Rick              Avery

Suzie            Dods

James           Fahlbusch

Joe                Gannon

Katie             Harrington

Doug            James

Tim               Kline

Nancy           Lange

Maggie         Lonergan

Hal               Offen

Tim               Smith

 

Please note: with 56 swimmers qualified and a limit of 60 from the Dolphin Club, if you indicated that you were not going to but have decided to swim, please notify the Dolphin Club Swim Commissioners to make sure there is room.

 

If you have qualified and had planned to swim but change your mind, please inform the Dolphin Club Swim Commissioners so that they know there may be room for swimmers who have asked to swim, have qualified and originally indicated that they would not swim.