ENGEnglish Channel solo lasting 28 hours 44 minutes
Ratifying body's record checked
Cobell continued through a night at sea while the tides carried her along the French coast before her landing near Calais.
Elapsed swim time · 28h 44m
Duration of the complete swim
Started · Saturday, 24 July 2010 · About 07:30 · Contemporary remote-tracking account: approximately 07:30, described as continental time; no UTC offset specified.
Finished · Sunday, 25 July 2010 · 12:13 · Published in the contemporary remote-tracking account; finish clock standard not explicitly identified.
Timing note · The CS&PF row gives 24 July and 28:44:00; the duration is displayed to minutes. Dover gives 24/25 July. The two clocks come from a remote account rather than an observer log; no time-zone conversion or calculated clock has been applied.
Format · Solo · 1-way
Direction · England → France
Departure · Shakespeare Beach, England
Arrival · Sandy beach west of Calais harbour, France
Pilot / piloting team · Lance Oram
Escort vessel · Sea Satin
Ratification / historical recognition · Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
Conditions · The contemporary tracking account reports south-westerly winds and water around 15–16°C during the night and morning.
How this record was checked
The individual CS&PF successful-swim row and its Channel facts page were checked. Dover corroborates route, dates, pilot and boat. The federation page has a general committee-ratification notice; no individual certificate or observer log was inspected. The departure and landing account supplies the clock details with the limitations stated above.
CS&PF: Jackie Cobell, 24 July 2010
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Supports · Individual solo row: 24 July, Lance Oram / Sea Satin, 28:44:00.
Limitations · The page carries a general notice that results are unofficial until committee ratification; no individual ratification document was inspected.
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Supports · Names Cobell's 2010 single crossing at 28 hours 44 minutes.
Dover swimming archive: Jackie Cobell, 2010
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Supports · Date span, England-to-France route, pilot and boat.
Limitations · Retrospective record; observer is explicitly unknown.
Contemporary account of Jackie Cobell's crossing
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Supports · Departure, landing, published clocks and reported conditions.
Limitations · The writer followed remotely using AIS; this is not an observer's log. Clock standards are not defined sufficiently for a time-zone conversion.