Cabrera Channel
KarenT
Charter Member
Has anyone here swum the Cabrera Channel (Cabrera to Mallorca)? I've just started looking at it as a possible pre-MIMS adventure - all advice / experience gratefully received.
Kx
Kx
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Most swim it in a wetsuit (so did I) as it is quite chilly for mortal swimmers. EC swimmers and other forum members will laugh at it, as it it is maybe a ~18 C...
I'll attempt the Menorca channel this year (without wetsuit).
Tobias
My only reservation is that I have to go over in a boat first - not a great start to a swim for me (as my puke-fest of a Catalina swim showed). I've asked about going the other way...or maybe going over the day before (which is what I wish I'd done with Catalina).
It looks like a lovely swim though - I really hope this comes off and I can give it a go.
We started at 7am from Cabrera. Sea is calm at that time and they have a fast boat, so the trip won't take that long. Don't worry too much about it. Cabrera is a protected Island which you cannot enter. So, there is no way to stay there overnite.
Best
K
Link: http://tinyurl.com/d8v77ut
Kx
So, my plan is to go prepared to do it, but see how it is when I get there. If we can get permission, I'll go for it because it's hard pass up a swim. But I'll review once I'm there next weekend. Honestly - it's bad enough that the snow has only just gone off our roof and it's currently minus 2 outside. But when the cold weather starts ruining swimming plans, that's getting beyond a joke.
We do have a Plan B, which mostly involves sitting around in cafes reading books, so all will not be lost.
Think warm thoughts for the Mediterranean.
K
GPS tracker link:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=09bh0cdbIyefszEx2P7SohQXPhOPgG3xF
Kx
http://www.thelongswim.blogspot.nl/2013/04/when-wheels-come-off.html