Latest English Channel Stories

49-year-old musician, City Council member, and world class marathon swimmer will brave tough currents to complete the fifth trek of her "Ocean's 7" swims CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Charleston, South Carolina's City Council member and symphony harpist, Kathleen Wilson and her U.S. crew of two will fly to New Zealand February 27 with high hopes to receive the go-ahead to swim the Cook Strait. The only "if "is weather conditions. Wilson, 49, has become a marathon...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, AUGUST 6: EDERLE SWIMS ENGLISH CHANNEL Profile America -- Monday, August 6th. It isn't often that a young person does something alone that captures the attention of the whole world. On this day in 1926, 19-year-old New Yorker Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the...

English Channel swimmer and Swim Smooth Coach Paul Newsome spoke to Effortless Swimming’s Brenton Ford about hissuccessful freestyle technique that has made him a leading expert in his field. Melbourne, Victoria (PRWEB) July 26, 2012 English Channel swimmer Paul Newsome has revealed secrets to swimming freestyle more efficiently on the Effortless Swimming podcast. In an interview with Effortless Swimming’s Brenton Ford, English Channel swimmer and Swim Smooth Coach Paul Newsome spoke...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23: FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL Profile America -- Sunday, October 23rd. One-hundred-five years ago today one of the most celebrated figures of the roaring twenties was born -- Gertrude Ederle, who, at the age of 19, became the first woman to swim the English Channel....

A rare World War II Nazi aircraft has been discovered at the bottom of the English Channel, and a British museum wants to raise it. The Dornier 17 was shot down over the English Channel in 1940 as it was hit taking part in the Battle of Britain. The aircraft ditched into the sea just off the Kent coast in an area known as the Goodwin Sands. The plane came to rest upside down in 50 feet of water and has become partially visible from time to time as the sands retreated before being buried...

Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy jumped from a hot-air balloon Friday and completed two aerial loops by using his custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit.  It was just the latest daredevil stunt by Rossy, who hopes one day he will be able to fly through the Grand Canyon. He launched himself from a replica of the Breitling Orbiter at an altitude of 7,874 feet near Lake Geneva.  The orbiter was the first balloon to be piloted nonstop around the world in 1999.  Rossy then fired up the jets of his...

A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding during storms.The team has conducted a major data collection exercise, bringing together computer and paper-based records from across the south of England, from the Scilly Isles to Sheerness, to form a single data set of south coast sea levels across the years.Their work has added...

A pastor from northern Illinois swam 21 miles across the English Channel from England to France to raise money for an African school Rev. Mike Solberg of the Second Congregational Church in Rockford, Ill., said he completed his Saturday swim from Samphire Hoe, England, to Wissant, France, in 13 hours and 31 minutes, the St. Louis (Mo.) Dispatch reported Monday. Solberg said he raised more than $30,000 toward his goal of $50,000 to build a school in Waku Kungo, Angola.

French fisherman disrupted ferry service across the English Channel for a second day Wednesday in protest of quotas on cod and sole. Thousands of passengers and truck drivers were affected by the blockade, which cut off ferry service in Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, The Times of London reported. The European Union's limits the catch for 20 boats in Dunkirk to 133 metric tons a year, a catch that would keep three boats busy, The Times said. Travelers have been diverted to the Channel Tunnel...

By Randy McMullen He had nothing above him but four tanks of kerosene and nothing below him but the cold waters of the English Channel. And it wasn't even another stupid David Blaine stunt. It was Yves Rossy, who leapt from a plane and into the record books Friday, crossing the channel on a homemade jet-propelled wing. Rossy jumped from the plane about 8,200 feet over Calais, France, blasting across the narrow body of water and deploying his parachute over the South Foreland lighthouse,...