Fully deserved congratulations for Nick Adams who successfully swam the Channel for the seventh time on 25 July 2011. Nick reached France in an incredible time of ten hours and 22 minutes, which was the 244th fastest of 1650 successful solo crossings of the English Channel. This calculation is taken from the January 2011 database of the 1650 successful English Chanel swims which was compiled by Julian Critchlow, and excludes the current 2011 successes.
Nick's support team crosed the English Channel on 'Suva' which was piloted by Neil Streeter. The support team included his trusted Sakura, Mark, Furry, Piglet and Spooky Lukey. On reaching France, and feeling strong, Nick made a dash for home and managed to stay in the water for an additional five hours before conditions became too much to bear. Nick finally exited the water after 15 and a half hours of energy-sapping high-paced swimming. He had made it exactly half-way back to England.
Nick's time was faster than his 1994 Channel crossing time of 10:51. Nick first swam the Channel in 1993 (in a time of 14:12). In 1995, Nick achieved the double, swimming to France and back to England in a combined time of 27 hours and 28 minutes, (England to France 11:40, home leg 15:48).
Nick's other crossings were in 2001 (12:05) and 2009 (13:03).
A hearty well done to Nick from all his friends at Serpentine SC.