Granite Mon 2015
Today was a spectacular beautiful Maine morning on Blue Hill bay. Especially at 7:00 AM. How do I know this? Today was the 21st running of the long island swim. Or the Granite (Wo)Mon. Or whatever you want to call it. This means that it was also the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY of the silly idea. Only five more years until the quarter-century….
This year’s edition was organized by organizer extraordinaire Mary Clews, and it went off without a hitch. The water was extremely warm (and yes, this is not good for the fauna), and the water was pretty much glassy smooth. There were enough chase boats, and everyone finished in a reasonable time. Yay!
Special mention this year is made of Amanda Herman, who is a first time swimmer and I have no idea how fast she was because she was way way ahead of me the whole time. Great Job!
Swimmers:
- John Clements
- Charlotte Clews Lawther
- Mary Clews
- Chris Guinness
- Sean Guinness
- Amanda Herman
- Tricia Sawyer
- Pat Starkey
Crew:
- Henry Clews
- Jerome Lawther
- Jenney Wilder
- Eliza Wilmerding
- Sara Ardrey
- Hal Clews
- Jeff Rushton
- Ann Luskey
- Georgia Clews
- Lucy Clews
- Xavier Clements
- Neddie Clews
- Charlotte Weir
End-of-swim Hosts (tea and towels, many thanks!):
- Henry Becton
- Jeannie Becton
- Guy Ardrey