21 Mar 20122011 CS&PF Swim Statistics
Facts and figures about the 2011 CS&PF swim season by Mike Oram.
The CS&PF had 132 channel swim attempts in 2011.
- 95 were successful crossings giving an overall success rate of about 72%.
- 71 solo crossings left the beaches; 46 were successful - a success rate of 64%
- There were two 2-way solo swims, both successful
- 60 relay crossings jumped into the water; 48 were successful - a success rate of 80%
- There was a single successful 2-way relay
CS&PF escort boats were in the Channel on 44 days in 2011:
- 15 days with 1 escort boat out
- 7 days with 2 escort boats out
- 8 days with 3 escort boats out
- 4 days with 4 escort boats out
- 5 days with 5 escort boats out
- 5 days with 6 escort boats out
Day & swim starts number breakdown:
| Date | Solos | Relays | Unsuccessful | Total |
| 20 June | 1 | 1 | ||
| 26 June | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 June | 1 | 1 | ||
| 29 June | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 June | 1 | 1 | ||
| 01 July | 2 | 2 | ||
| 02 July | 3 | 3 | ||
| 03 July | 1 | 1 | ||
| 04 July | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 July | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 July | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 July | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 21 July | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 23 July | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 July | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 July | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 27 July | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 July | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 03 August | 1 | 1 | ||
| 05 August | 2 | 2 | ||
| 06 August | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 August | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 August | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 19 August | 3 | 3 | ||
| 20 August | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 August | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 August | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27 August | 5 | 5 | ||
| 30 August | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 August | 1 | 1 | ||
| 02 September | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 03 September | 1 | 1 | ||
| 09 September | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 September | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8* |
| 22 September | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 September | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 24 September | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 September | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 September | 1 | 1 | ||
| 29 September | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 September | 1 | 1 | ||
| 02 October | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 05 October | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 44 | 47 | 36 | 127 |
Notes
- The table lists 127 swim starts whereas the overall number of attempts was 132. The difference is made up of 5 2-way swims (2 solos, 1 relay, 2 unsuccessful) that count as one swim start but as two crossing attempts.
- 2 successful 2-way solo swims account for the difference between the number of solo swim starts (44) and solo crossings (46).
- 1 successful 2-way relay is the difference between the number of relay starts (47) and relay crossings (48).
- On 15th September there were 8 swim starts. Out of those 2 were escorted by boats who returned after an earlier abandoned swim; therefore the number of boats out in the Channel on that day was 6.
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Water: 48.9 °F (9.4 °C)
Air: 43.5 °F (6.4 °C)
Wind Speed: 25.1 kn (46.5 km/h)
Wind Direction: SE (130°)
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