Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Mary Yeats (1979)
Time: 11 hours 19 minutes
Date: 5 August 1979
Route: England » France
Joint 376th fastest time out of 1691 solo swims (equal with 1 other).
Organisation: Channel Swimming Association
Observer: Unknown
Pilot: UnknownEscort Boat: Unknown
Taken from Mary Yeats's profile:Mary Yeats (now Mary Riffkin) was the first Scotswoman to swim the English Channel.
Her other swims include Windermere, Loch Earn, and events in Egypt and the former Yugoslavia.