Mainers?

Trying to track down someone who has knowledge of Moosehead Lake (cell phone coverage? possible route for length? local connections?) in ME. It seems like 2 people have swum it in 2000 and 2003 but a preliminary search does not turn up any contact info for either one of them. Any suggestions would be most welcome, thank you...
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I don't have much local knowledge of it since I live several hours south.
Also, I would be interested in that organized Moosehead swim. It would be a good excuse to finally get up there.
I'm a west coaster, and would love any intel folks may have re: currents in the area. The Captain of the boat who'll be piloting me says the current flows from South to North and can be ~1 knot, but he's not sure what the exact current fluctuations can be...
I'd also be completely open to another open water swim in the region that is of a similar distance. I am putting this swim together as part of my training toward a 2015 Catalina crossing.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
http://lifeflightmaine.org/LifeFlight-Community/Events/Islesboro-Crossing-for-LifeFlightf.aspx
When are you planning on doing the swim? I would think there would be a fair amount of boat traffic.
If you'd like to swim near the Portland area, just let me know.
And thank you for the offer re: planning a Portland area swim. If after a bit more research it turns out that the current out of Rockland is prohibitive, I may reach back out to you. Is there an ~8 - 12 mile route in the area that you would recommend?
The water up that way can be COLD. Rockland is usually fine (60ish), but I know it can get very chilly farther out (sub-50).
Unfortunately, I'm going to be on Mt Desert Island that week so wouldn't be able to swim with you (unless you want to come to MDI - not that much farther up the road). But I would recommend swimming at Pine Point Beach in Scarborough. You can swim parallel to the shore for miles. Round trip to the OOB pier and back is ~5 miles. I think if you went all the way to the breakwater at the south end of Saco in the area they call Camp Ellis, it would be ~12 miles round-trip. You can obviously turn around anywhere you want and head back, or go to the pier and back twice for 10ish. Pine Point Beach has a big parking lot (free before 8:30ish), bathrooms, showers, and a snack bar.
Water temp was 58 this morning. Unlike some other places, Pine Point is swimmable at any tide.
Do you have any experience swimming out that way / know how far out the temps drop? Sub 60 is all good. Sub 50 is another conversation... I will also reach out to Midcoast Open Water Swimmers.
If temps end up looking untenable I may well end up scrapping the route and looking into Pine Point...