Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Caroline Plummer (1986)
Time: 16 hours 32 minutes
Date: 27 September 1986
Route: England » France
Joint 1401st fastest time out of 1691 solo swims (equal with 1 other).
Organisation: Channel Swimming Association
Observer: I H Glendinning
Pilot: Bob ReidEscort Boat: FE22
Additional Swim Information:
Serving as a Police Officer at the time of the swim.
Swam breaststroke, starting from Shakespeare Beach and landing at the beach in front of the village of Escalles, Pas de Calais.
A note at the bottom on the Observers report shows that an application was made to the CSA for this swim to be recognised as a world record, England – France, Breastroke.