THE DOUBLE RIP SWIM honours

The double Rip Swim is an extraordinary challenge. It involves swimming from Point Lonsdale to Point Nepean and back - close to 7km. swimmers need to be fit and have some speed and stay with one or two other swimmers.

Distance: Approximately 7km

Time: On our inaugural swim they ranged from 1 hour, 42 minutes to 3 hours and 23 minutes

These 29 brave swimmer were the first group of swimmers that we took across “The Rip” twice! The trip was meticulously planned to enable all swimmers to finish, by carefully selecting the right tide for the day. 1 other swimmer (number 30) completed the crossing as a solo swimmer in order to research the effect of the tides and ascertain the correct timing - (glad we did this!).

Congratulations to all swimmers who have achieved this very significant feat - crossing “The Rip” twice! Each swimmer has their time listed however it is NOT a race. (* denotes a swim with a wetsuit)

  1. Cam Tregaskis 1:42

  2. Justin Rodda * 1:46

  3. Ben Kallergis 1:47

  4. Annabel White * 1:51

  5. Nicholas Martin 1:51

  6. Anton Stanitzki 1:56

  7. Simon Myers 2:14

  8. Paul Lock 2:25

  9. Oli Booth 2:27

  10. Ryan Moody 2:27

  11. Russell Wilson 2:27

  12. Chris Clapp * 1:51

  13. Vanessa Palmer * 1:51

  14. Ross McGarvie * 1:53

  15. Sarah Thorburn * 2:03

  16. Jordan Berry * 2:03

  17. Adam Murray * 2:07

  18. Mark Reardon * 2:07

  19. David Cook * 2:14

  20. Andrea Schloegl 2:05

  21. Heidi Tucker 2:05

  22. Sam Bryant * 2:17

  23. Craig Childs * 2:17

  24. Peter Bennetts * 2:25

  25. Roxanne De Krielen * 2:34

  26. Nigel Williams * 2:34

  27. Lara Cann * 3:23

  28. Lauren Gordon * 3:23

  29. Heather Pitt * 3:23

  30. Grant Siedle 4:00

One of our swimmers was Cam Tregaskis, a 15 year old from Brighton. After taking on the single Rip crossing, he was ready for a bigger challenge - the double - what an achievement! Grant Siedle spoke with him after his great swim…