Loch Ness swims
Route | Swims | First | Fastest |
---|---|---|---|
Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 7 | Brenda Sherratt - 1966 | Rachel Godburn - 09:25:37 (1995) |
Fort Augustus to Loch End | 15 | Michael Read - 1974 | Kevin Murphy - 10:30:00 (1976) |
Loch End to Fort Augustus | 9 | Michael Cross - 2008 | Anna-Carin Nordin - 11:37:00 (2018) |
Ft Augustus - Loch End - Ft Augustus | 1 | David Morgan - 1983 | David Morgan - 23:04:00 (1983) |
Date | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Route | Km | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 Jul 28 | Brenda Sherratt | 18 | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 31:27:00 | ||
1970 Aug 30 | Robert Fletcher | 34 | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 14:01:00 | ||
1974 Aug 17 | Michael Read | 33 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 14:24:46 | ||
1976 Jul 14 | Kevin Murphy | 27 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 10:30:00 | ||
1981 Aug 22 | David Morgan | 17 | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 12:19:28 | ||
1981 NA NA | Stella Taylor | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 18:58:00 | |||
1983 Aug 1 | David Morgan | 19 | Ft Augustus - Loch End - Ft Augustus | 72.4 | 23:04:00 | ||
1984 Aug 14 | Kevin McIntosh | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 15:31:04 | |||
1995 Aug 20 | Rachel Godburn | 24-25 | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 09:25:37 | ||
1997 Aug 23 | Colleen Blair | 19 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 14:32:07 | ||
2004 Aug 15 | Liane Llewellyn Hickling | 22-23 | Loch Ness (dir. unknown) | 36.2 | 09:49:24 | ||
2008 Aug 19 | Michael Cross | 24-25 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 12:09:15 | ||
2013 Jul 27 | James Leitch | 37-38 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 10:50:09 | ||
2015 Aug 2 | Marcy MacDonald | 51 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 11:59:08 | ||
2015 Aug 22 | Sarah Thomas | 33 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 10:52:00 | ||
2015 Aug 22 | Elaine Kornbau Howley | 37 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 13:21:41 | ||
2015 Aug 22 | Craig Lenning | 36 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 13:47:24 | ||
2016 Aug 2 | Helen Beveridge | 48-49 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 18:22:16 | ||
2017 Jul 25 | Philip Hodges | 47-48 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 13:44:00 | ||
2017 Aug 12 | Patti Bauernfeind | 50 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 12:26:03 | ||
2018 Aug 8 | John Zemaitis | 35 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 11:21:00 | ||
2018 Aug 8 | Joe Zemaitis | 38 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 11:21:00 | ||
2018 Aug 19 | Pat Gallant-Charette | 67 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 13:45:45 | ||
2018 Sep 3 | Anna-Carin Nordin | 47 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 11:37:00 | ||
2019 Aug 16 | Michael Gregory | 55 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 12:15:00 | ||
2019 Sep 1 | Rosalinda Hardiman | 67 | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 20:10:00 | ||
2021 Aug 26 | Steve Stievenart | 44 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 14:50:00 | ||
2022 Aug 1 | Paula Foreman | Fort Augustus to Loch End | 36.2 | 14:46:00 | |||
2023 Jul 18 | Anke Höhne | 52 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 16:25:04 | ||
2023 Jul 23 | Monica Bender | 28 | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 13:03:21 | ||
2023 Aug 2 | Carmen Somerset | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 14:12:05 | |||
2023 Aug 30 | Helen Smith | Loch End to Fort Augustus | 36.2 | 18:52:17 |
Reviews
Reviewer: Patti Bauernfeind McMurdie (August 2023)
Swam in 2017 (Finished)
Overall Experience: ★️★️★️★️★️
Pilot: Ryan Tozer of iPowerboat Limited
Fees: 1,250 GBP
Communication ★️★️★️★️✩️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️★️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "Ryan was a great pilot. He worked collaboratively with my crew and I."
Association: British Long Distance Swim Association (BLDSA)
Fees: 50 GBP
Communication ★️★️★️★️✩️
Advice & Support: ★️★️★️★️✩️
Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
General Comments: "Beautiful swim. Well worth the logistic challenges that come with a remote lake/loch."
Reviewer: MICHAEL JOHMANN (August 2023)
Swam in 2023 (Finished)
Overall Experience: ★️★️★️★️★️
Pilot: Kevin Murphy
Fees: 2100 GBP
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️★️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "Kevin Murphy is one of the most honored names in open water swimming. Known as "King of the Channel," he holds the record for male swimmers with 34 successful crossings of the English Channel. Early in his career, Murphy also set a record for his crossing of Loch Ness. That experience translates into excellent piloting, because he understands the swim from a swimmer's point of view. His support team is also highly experienced, including Marc Newman, an 8-time English Channel swimmer. Together, anyone wanting to take on Loch Ness will be in good hands with Murphy's organization, known as The King's Swimmers."
Association: British Long Distance Swimming Association
Fees: 50 pounds.
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Advice & Support: ★️★️★️★️★️
Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "The BLDSA continues to do excellent work supporting open water swims across Britain."
General Comments: "Loch Ness is one of the truly iconic swims in the history of marathon open water. Together with Loch Lomond, it is one of the "great" swims that should be on the list of any aspiring swimmer. At 22.5 miles and water temps averaging 15C (I was a bit lucky to have 16C), Ness demands everything a swimmer can bring to the water. The true "monster" of Loch Ness, however, is not some mythical beast from the age of dinosaurs. The monster of Loch Ness is the weather, which defies all predictions. Even the best forecasts are little good on Loch Ness due to the unpredictability of weather systems sweeping in from the Atlantic Ocean and North Channel to the west, the North Sea to the east and the general atmospheric turbulence of the surrounding Highlands. The result is often a mixture of sun, clouds, storms, wind and driving rain that changes hour by hour. Hardly a single attempt so far in the 2023 season has gone as planned, which simply adds to the drama of cold and distance. For my own attempt, forecasts called for partly cloudy skies and a light tailwind to push me from Fort Augustus to Lochend. By two hours in, we were battling storms and heavy winds that shifted from tailwinds to headwinds to crosswinds all in the space of less than an hour. These are not unusual conditions. Recently, with the addition of Kevin Murphy and The King's Swimmers, more swimmers have been able to schedule an attempt on Ness with a competent pilot for support. Loch Ness will always remain one of the great endurance tests in open water swimming. Don't look for Nessie in the depths, however. Nessie descends from the sky."
Reviewer: Joe Zemaitis (August 2023)
Swam in 2018 (Finished)
Pilot: Ryan Tozer
Fees: I don't recall
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️★️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "Very good with pre-swim communication and one of the easiest to work with I have ever come across."