Huge congratulations to James Norton who completed his solo swim across the English Channel on Monday 4 August starting at 03:10 British Summer time.
AS LIVE UPDATES FOR OUR HERO JAMES (earliest nearest the top)
Eddie Spelling and Volker Koch updates below:
18:25 Eddie: Landed 14hr 59m 14sec James Norton Channel Swimmer
16:04 Eddie: Enter inshore 1525hrs Looking like Sangatte for us
15:35 Eddie: Just over halfway of the NE lane and just under a mile to the inshore,
James is working his way across nicely with the sea not doing him any favours, but were getting there chipping away.
15:20 Volker: Cliffs of the French coast are getting closer. James is ploughing through a slightly choppy sea now.
13:00 Volker: Aches setting in. Nothing Ibuprofen can't fix we hope! James is still looking strong.
11:00 Volker: Bee-capped James is looking good!
10:50 Eddie: Enter NE lane 1050hrs Alls well with James, Now the good news......the frying pan is on. :-)
10:15 word from a wise swimmer: SW shipping lane he's in, which, unlike winds, say which direction the shipping goes. They 'drive on the right' in the Channel, and he's in the lane that has shipping going towards the south west
09:00 Eddie: Midway in the SW Lane. James is plodding away looking good, stroke rate down to 62, but shows no sigh of wear and tear. Lapsed time 5hrs 43 min.
07:30 Eddie: Enter the SW lane 0640hrs, Lapsed time 3hrs 30min, Stroke rate 65
Water temp 20.8c, Air 16.6c, Wind 4.8kn S, Sea state Slight
James is feeding every 30 mins and looking nice and comfy
07:00 Volker: Sunrise, absolutely stunning!
06:00 Volker: We fed James, I fed myself, Kevin fed the fish..
05:00 Volker: First feed done. Looks like 5 other boats are out in the Channel today. First signs of daybreak - beautiful!
05:00 Volker: James started his solo Channel swim at about 03:10 this morning and is doing very well in the quite lumpy waters!
03:10 Eddie: Morning All, And were off. Started our swim from Shakespeare Beach 0310hrs with a Mr James Norton
Stroke rate 66, Water temp 20.8c, Air 16.1c, Wind 9kn SW
Sea State Slight with the odd lump and fluffy bit. It's a busy night out here, the entire fleet is out
You can track James as he makes his way with 'Anastasia' his pilot boat at either of the following links:
CS & PF Tracker Pilot boat Anastasia (Boat link not working today)
James will be supported by fellow Serpentine SC members, Kevin Blick, Volker Koch and Alan Mitchell.
Tweets of progress will be flying from James's Twitter account
Please support James and also try and donate to the charity for which he is swimming.
James is supporting a charity is dedicated to helping women survivors of war rebuild their lives through Women for Women International
It would be a great motivator for James to see any and all donations for this richly deserving cause.
If you want to get a feel for some of the swims James has done in the past, have a look at this link
Congratulations James Norton English Channel solo swimmer
