Other swims that cant be ratified
Channel swimming rules arent for everyone; the list below are swims across the channel that cant be ratified (this is mainly wetsuit swimmers).
Stephen Burke & Chris Collins-Jones
8/10/23
6:38
Stephen Burke swam a tandem wetsuit solo with Chris Collins-Jones from Penarth to Weston-Super-Mare in October 2023. Details here: Stephen Burke, Chris Collin-Jones
Rob swam in 2023 from Penarth to Clevedon. The swim is fully documented here but Rob chose to wear a wetsuit so it is unratified.
Bryce Davies and Robin Griffiths
14/10/2021
07:55:00
Bryce and Robin swam a tandem Penarth to Clevedon in October 2021. Both were swimming solo but side by side off one boat and both wearing wetsuits.
Neil Gilson
17/7/2021
In July 2021 Neil swam Swansea to ilfracombe in a wetsuit in an incredible 12 hours. More on his facebook page here.
Jo McCready
09/2015
6:15
Jo swam Clevdeon to Penarth in 2015. There is a nice write up here. The swim is unratified.
Craig Napper
2013
Craig Swam Penarth Weston in 2013, some details of his swim here.