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Had a great time this morning. Got to see some old friends, made a new one, we had beautiful weather and more kayakers than swimmers.

My swimmer was retired Orange County Sheriff Stew Blocktin. He finished in 1 hour and 20 mins.

Some decent pics there Heywood. Hope to see many more.

Looks like you guys got great weather this year. I hear they had plenty of kayak volunteers this year. Tip of the hat to all of you that volunteered. Wish I could have joined you but my granddaughters christening won out.

More kayakers than swimmers ... cool!! Makes me feel a "little" better about missing this.
Sure looks like better weather than last year ... that was some nasty weather.
Nice pics!!

What an outstanding morning! I was amazingly fortunate to be paired with Becca Mann, a 14-year-old world-class open water swimmer who absolutely burned up the course in 55 minutes. I am sure we'll be seeing her on a platform accepting a medal...

Our own Dave Horn (Bigfish171) being interviewed by one of the local news channels.

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Heywood with Mr. and Mrs. Skinnywater



Norm standing and Uncle Tommy sitting in high high chair

Who took those or where did you find them?

Thats "Perch" in the first one, holding the 2 x 4 paddle. He drove all the way up from the Miami area to be here. Look for him in the next Watertribe Race.

Tampa Bay Frogman Swim Facebook page. There's a guy named Todd Montgomery who took hundreds of pics.

Very nice, paddle-fishers. That's a nice amount of money raised for a good cause.

My swimmer

My kayak

Great pics Bill. Here's a few of mine...

The Marlboro Man and some random guy at the kayaker prep meeting


big crowd of kayak escorts-



'Perfect' Frogman Dawn over Tampa-


One heck of a sendoff by the Navy color guard-


Wave 2 (of 5) at the ready-


My guy #34 John Sapienza from Virginia starting off the first leg-


Follow the sun to the finish line, traversing Tampa Bay-


John on the long stretch across the bay- ...he sure made it look easy!


Welcome committee at the finish line on Picnic Island-


Paddle boarders chillin' after the race - the perfect water and weather of the day can be appreciated here-


One impressively FAST little lady!!


Olympic medal winning swimmer; Brook Bennett at after party at Hula Bay-


Gotta give mad props to all the great swimmers, the volunteer kayakers and of course, the event committee and support. This was not a small event by any means. I was happily honored to be a part of it all, and will gladly do it again next year if I am able.

Peace-

mudfish wrote:Great pics Bill. Here's a few of mine...

The Marlboro Man and some random guy at the kayaker prep meeting


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That's Fred Decker and Phil Tower

Good pics Cisco. I wanted to shoot that opening ceremony, but just make myself do it. I'm sure I was like a lot of others using the time to reflect on the names that were called out.

Did they greet the finishers with a cold beer again this year?

Man, I wish I could have been there again this year. Looks like a perfect day for a paddle across the bay.

Rik wrote:Did they greet the finishers with a cold beer again this year?

Man, I wish I could have been there again this year. Looks like a perfect day for a paddle across the bay.

No, no coins either and the sweatshirts were 50 bucks. Each swimmer had a chip on their ankle and had to run up to shore and across a mat. This was the official timing device.