Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association reported that an unprecedented crossing of the Santa Barbara Channel from San Miguel Island< to the California shore was completed by Penny Palfrey this week.
The 48-year-old Palfrey, a veteran of 2 English Channel crossings, a Strait of Gibraltar crossing, the 2007 overall winner of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, multi-time winner of the 19K Rottnest Channel Swim, oldest female to swim the treacherous
Palfrey started at 6:15 am from San Miguel Island near Nifty Rock and finished at 5:45 pm at Gaviota Point along the Santa Barbara coast, taking approximately 55,161 strokes across the 24 nautical mile channel. Palfrey was accompanied by her husband Chris Palfrey, Dan Boyle (shown on left), observer Emilio Casanueva and crew including skippers Travis Casper and Dean White on the 31-foot Mystico sailboat.Copyright © 2008 by World Open Water Swimming Association
