The Phantom Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Interesting things happening over the last couple of weeks. The first person to Paddleboard from the Island to UK and the first person to swim it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65766707 https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/adrian-paddles-to-cumbria-615122 And also more Barrell Jellyfish than I've ever seen before, but don't worry, they don't sting (unless you get them in your eye - long story). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, The Phantom said: The first person to Paddleboard from the Island to UK and the first person to swim it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65766707 https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/adrian-paddles-to-cumbria-615122 And also more Barrell Jellyfish than I've ever seen before, but don't worry, they don't sting (unless you get them in your eye - long story). The best coverage of the swimmer is actually in the Guardian. That also mentions the jellyfish (everyone seems to mention the jellyfish) though he had particular problems with lion's manes. It's odd there seem to have been so few attempts. I found reference to a relay swim from N Ireland in a marathon swimmers' forum, but you'd think it would have been tried more, especially given the number of potential routes. I assume the Scotland-Point of Ayre one is actually much worse than it looks due to contrary currents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 9/5/2022 at 8:52 PM, The Phantom said: Big game fishing for Tuna in Yorkshire in the 20s and 30s. https://britishseafishing.co.uk/big-game-tuna-fishing-in-britain/ Interestingly it suggest it may have been due to a periodic warming which happens in the N Atlantic every 60-100 years. Nooooooo! Don't say things like that... you'll have the environazis fact checking you and labelling it is as misinformation and disinformation. Fluctuations in weather over longer periods can only be down to ue nasty greedy humanses and not varations in solar activity/output and peturbations in earths orbit and axis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 hours ago, The Phantom said: Interesting things happening over the last couple of weeks. The first person to Paddleboard from the Island to UK and the first person to swim it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65766707 https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/adrian-paddles-to-cumbria-615122 And also more Barrell Jellyfish than I've ever seen before, but don't worry, they don't sting (unless you get them in your eye - long story). Surprised jet ski Romeo didn't use that as his excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 50 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: That also mentions the jellyfish (everyone seems to mention the jellyfish) though he had particular problems with lion's manes. It's odd there seem to have been so few attempts. I found reference to a relay swim from N Ireland in a marathon swimmers' forum, but you'd think it would have been tried more, especially given the number of potential routes. I assume the Scotland-Point of Ayre one is actually much worse than it looks due to contrary currents. There is certainly some jellyfish weirdness going on this year. Usually it's swarms of Moon Jellies (the ones with 4 purple squares that also don't sting) and you might see a handful of Barrels. I was getting salty a couple of days ago and I must have seen literally hundreds of them, quite a few washed up as well, which is also pretty odd as they are just so big too - literally the size of a Barrel. There have been some occurrences globally of Jelly Plagues, which can be hugely detrimental to other sea life, fishing and recreational activities. Usually attributed to nutrient overloads and absence of predators. Lets hope there is not something similar going on here. It is indeed odd there have been so few attempts at the swim. There have been at least a couple of relay swims I think. I know one finished in Laxey maybe 10 years ago as I was there. Not wishing to take away from the effort of that swim as he did it in 6 hour shifts, I think it would be possible (albeit very difficult) to do it in one hit. Earlier this year, Ross Edgley did 53 hours in the water at Loch Ness and covered a distance of almost 50 miles, although admittedly he did end up in hospital with cellulitis. Yes the Point of Ayre currents would be deadly. You could time it with tidal flows, but it would be a very narrow margin of error, plus then combine getting this with other factors such as weather and logistical support. At the Point itself is also mainly East/West so again this would just throw you off course massively. I was on the water on the NW coast a couple of weeks ago and not even at full flow, I was drifting North with the current at about 4 kph (to be precise 10 meters every 15 seconds). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 52 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said: Nooooooo! Don't say things like that... you'll have the environazis fact checking you and labelling it is as misinformation and disinformation. Fluctuations in weather over longer periods can only be down to ue nasty greedy humanses and not varations in solar activity/output and peturbations in earths orbit and axis. You just have to look at El Nino & La Nina in the Pacific to realise these cycles happen. Used to be every 5 years or so, but they seem to be happening more regularly now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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