It’s getting busy around Myrtleville these days. Several of the determined group preparing for the Lee Swim Red Drive Challenge were at the beach on Friday and Saturday. The water has gone back up over 10℃, so the pool to sea transition is going well. Aisling Barry sent this picture of some of the group.
Lee Swim Red Drive Challengers
Beautiful swim this morning – if a bit chilly at just 8.6°c. Water calm and very clear with fish visible around the rocks and kelp on the Dutchman, but it was still deep enough to take the inside channel. Four fast swimmers in today – and me ploughing along to make five 🙂 Great start to the day and the Summer!
Sunrise – first day of Summer, May 1, 2013
The Crosshaven girls were back in open water training yesterday, hitting the sea in numbers. A beautiful swim in calm 9.5°c water.
Crosshaven swimmers – Myrtleville 26 April, 2013
Beautiful morning on Saturday and lots of shipping, with the ferry arriving from France as we were going in. Water temp of about 9.4°c. Forecast pretty good for tonight’s swim as well.
Sunshine, shipping and the Dutchman – Myrtleville, April 20, 2013
20°c is a magic figure when it’s the combined sea and air temperature. Over that and open water swimming starts to be more of a pleasure than a challenge. This afternoon we had 11°c on land and 10.3°c in the water. 21.3°c? We needed electrolytes to replace the sweat.
Seven happy swimmers today. No excuses to stay in the pool any more!
Carol, Eddie, Maeve, James & Bernard – cooling down after the swim..
It might not have been pretty. It may not even have been Myrtleville – but we’ve got our first Monday night done. Fountainstown was the back-up after meeting in Myrtleville and deciding 100m over and back in the waves wasn’t too enticing.
Just one km away, Fountainstown was relatively calm and a pleasure to swim in. Sea temp just over 9C. We were fortunate to meet Paddy from Funkytown out for a spin on a stand up kayak, to give us advice on where to swim. Good timing for us.
If it wasn’t for the lashing rain that started just as we came out, it would have been nice on land too! Hopefully we’ll stay in Myrtleville next week, but it’s great to have the alternative. Just four swimmers tonight, but Carol and Maeve will be spreading the word that it’s time to get back into the sea, I reckon. Big smiles all round.
Fountainstown – Monday night, 15 April 2013
Riana Parsons took a couple of great pictures in Myrtleville yesterday. Have to say, I didn’t notice the second ship over the tops of the waves, which were a lot higher in the middle of them than they look in the pictures!
Race you to the ship – Myrtleville 9 April, 2013
Ships playing chicken – Myrtleville – April 9, 2013
From Riana Parsons: These guys have been hanging around this area for some time now, I suspect since the cold weather began! They are just on the Crosshaven side of the Yacht club.
Penguins in Crosshaven
No, it’s not April 1st. Riana has been adding fantastic pictures on CodladhSnámh on Blipfoto each day, which are well worth a look. The shot of the ships passing Roches Point yesterday is great.
From Finbarr Hedderman:
Hey Folks, the sun has come out so it must be sea swimming time…
The 2013 Munster Open Water Race Calendar is getting pretty full at this stage and all your favourites are included.
The calendar is available on the web here: bit.ly/2013MunsterOW
We’re still waiting for dates to be confirmed for some of our swims, but most organisers have confirmed their dates and they are included in the spreadsheet. So get your togs on (or wetsuits if you’re looking for something more comfortable) and get training for the open water season. There’s plenty of big ones from past years included and some new swims too; so sunscreen at the ready, it’s time to hit the sea!
Swim safely, swim in groups & be aware of the dangers of the sea, but mostly keep swimming Nemo!
No, we weren’t today. Not in the sea anyway. However, with the hour now changed, I wondered when it might be bright enough to go back to 06:30 swims – can’t match being in the sea before work. I can’t say that about the pool.
gaisma.com gave me this helpful chart.
|
Date |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Length |
Change |
Dawn |
Dusk |
|
April 2 |
07:06 |
20:09 |
13:03 |
06:32 |
20:44 |
|
|
April 3 |
07:04 |
20:11 |
13:07 |
00:04 longer |
06:30 |
20:46 |
|
April 9 |
06:50 |
20:21 |
13:31 |
00:28 longer |
06:15 |
20:57 |
|
April 16 |
06:35 |
20:33 |
13:58 |
00:55 longer |
05:59 |
21:09 |
|
May 2 |
06:02 |
21:00 |
14:58 |
01:55 longer |
05:24 |
21:39 |
|
June 2 |
05:20 |
21:44 |
16:24 |
03:21 longer |
04:34 |
22:30 |
|
July 2 |
05:19 |
21:56 |
16:37 |
03:34 longer |
04:31 |
22:44 |
So we’re sorted any morning from April 16 onwards. Now all we need is the land and sea temperatures to rise, so we can stay in longer than 30 minutes. Wishful thinking.
