9th Annual Swim with Fish

The 9th Annual Swim with Fish was the best swim ever, raising  $13016 for the Gig Harbor peninsula Fish Food Bank!

Here are times:

1. Steve Rees 32:57            nf
2. Marty Paul 34:02            nf 
3. Tony Marchman 34:25   nf 
4. Tesa Johnson 35:44 
5. Lance Hester 36:16         nf 
6. Joe Karhan 37:16            nf 
7. Peter Bortel 37:41 
8. Brian Govit 38:38           nf 
9. Tres Walker 40:31          nf 
10.  Jason Pape 41:15 
11. Drew Kellerman 41:25   nf 
12. Chris Mayor 44:18 
13. Bill Coughlin 44:38 
14. Keith Reagan 46:02       nf 
15. Larry Burr 50:34 
16. Mark Dietzler 57:25 
17. Allison Skibbs 58:10 
18. Megan Becker 77:21 

nf = no fins

 Kids Swim

1. Caiden Campbell (age 9) 
2. Hannah Welch (age 8) 
3. Ben Bortel (age 8) 
4. Sam Campbell (age 11) 
5. Cooper Pape (age 8) 

 

Chris Mayor Hits Cone!

Kids Swim

Hanna with the crab

Kids Swimmers!

Mark Thomas Blues Band

The Other Band

2015 Polar Bear Plunge

Polar Plungers Bring in 2015 with Enthusiasm!

There was a lot of excitement at Point Richmond Beach this new years day, when at least 16 friends and neighbors jumped in to the 46 degree water of Puget Sound!
(video courtesy of Judy Thorne)





Ready for the swim
Photo by Susie Sutton

Jeremy (Fish Swimmer)  puts on his tutu
Photo by Joyce Winge

Tracy shows off her shark hat
Photo by Joyce Winge

Tesa's polar bear  cookies
Photo by Joyce Winge

Ken, Leslie and Jack ch-ch-ch-at
Photo by Joyce Winge

Daniel leaps into sound wearing dreadlocks
Photo by Joyce Winge



Isn't this guy kind of old to be doing this?
Photo by Joyce Winge




Cristina
Photo by Joyce Winge

photo by Susie Sutton




Note the trailer park cup.
Also note that Jack has reached "proper" depth.
photo by Susie Sutton

 

 



Swim with Fish 2014

Record number of Swimmers!  Record donations for Food Bank!

The 20 swimmers at 8th Annual "swim with Fish" accompanied by Vashon Host Jane Macready

The shelves at the Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish Food BANK will have a big lift this month. A whopping $10,733* was raised for this charity event that took place on August 3, 2014 at Point Richmond Beach.
*as of August 6 at 4PM.

Times:

                           Fin Free Division
1) Steve Rees                                       30:40    
2) Tres Walker                                      40:24   
3) Tesa Johnson                                    50:24 
4) Leslie Sutton                                     56:53   

                      "Fins Are Us" Division 
1) Mark Thomas                                     29:20

2) Drew Kellerman                                 29:39

3) Jeremy Fragret                                  33:29

4) Peter Bortel                                       35:44

5) Jeff Sala                                            37:22

6) Clay Caldwell                                     39:57

7) Bill Coughlin                                      40:29

8) Joanne Kirby                                     42:44

9) Anthony Pennington                           43:12

10) Ellen Larson                                     44:40

11) Scott Huntington                              47:04

12) Allison Skibbs                                   48:30

13) Lori Mapes                                       54:30

14) Sasha Mayer   (age 14)                     54:30 
15) Mark Dietzler                                   57:19

16) Ben Payne                                       58:02*

*holds record for treading water longest

Start of Swim

Mid Channel

Safety Paddler Dave

Scott H improved time by
 10 minutes this year!

Leslie, Paddler Leader

Steve with Sisters Ellen and Tesa

First Place Mark Thomas takes time out on the beach

Claire (don't get on her bad side!)

Kids Swim Finisher

Allison Reaches for cone hoping that it
 will come to her..

Jeff S shows off fins

Timing Team

Mark with Peter and Steve

Diane and Tracy

Swimmers line up at pilings in order with finisher shirts on, Right to left.

Ellen

Notice how Mark D's Stroke contrasts Ellens (above)

Polar Bear Swim 2014

It is 2014 and the Polar Bears are in... the water!

22 Polar Bears hit the water today for the _?_ annual Pt Richmond Beach Polar Bear swim.  The dip was over with the speed of a flash of an eye but the crowd lingered for the polar bear feast on the shore.  Old favorites such as hot chilli, chicken soup, and hot buttered rum were flanked with tasty meatballs, cookies and macadamia nut brittle, and...

Cristina, Karen and Roxy toasting to the new year!

Allison and Claire

Ben tending fire

Lions in Winter?

Did word get out in the Sea Lion world that Point Richmond Beach was the place to winter?  It has been so noisy around here lately that I am having a hard time sleeping! Has anyone else noticed this? I have woken up several mornings dreaming that I am in the Pinniped exhibit at Sea World!  I snapped these photos in the back yard recently...

 

Look at all these guys, there must be 15 of them out there!

And then there is this otter... what is with him!  Now he's hangin' with a heron!  Isn't this how rumors get started?

Otter hangin' with Heron

Swim with FISH Blog

www.swimwithfish.blogspot.com

The Swim with Fish Blog has had some interesting sightings recently. It
seems that Swim with FISH shirts are starting to show up at various locations around the world.  So far there has been a reported sighting in Anchorage, Alaska and La Jolla, California. Where will the next shirt show up?

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  Stay tuned!

Visit the Swim with FISH blog to see where shirts are making  appearances!

www.swimwithfish.blogspot.com

 

Otters ans Oysters

A River Otter, "the otter," was seen early Wednesday morning allegedly working on an act for a future Otter show. The otter appeared to practice its routine under the shroud of morning fog. Witnesses observed the otter climb the ladder then do a sliding dive off the trampoline. Is this is just a coincidence that the maneuver was similar to what neighborhood kids had done the day before?

otter at top of ladder

otter practicing sliding diving

Meanwhile...


neighbors tend to their oyster colonies discussing strategies and lessons that they may have learned.