Steve’s sister, Nancy, sent me this:
| From: | Steve Faulkner |
| Sent: | October-01-13 9:39:29 AM |
Hi Nancy,
Just to let you know that I am NOT swimming today. (it was a possibility, but that changed with strong wind). Its now looking like late Friday night (11pm my time, 6pm your time) OR maybe 11am Saturday my time (or 6am your time).
This is only MAYBE…..
The boat pilot watches what is actually happening the night before, day of… and then advises. The wind is only getting somewhat stronger until Friday afternoon, so I’m not expecting any news of going prior to Friday night at the earliest.
Basically just know that I’d let you know by email anyway once I get word of when I’m going out.
The weather is otherwise fine here… its just the wind and too wavy to swim. They haven’t had any swimmer out there since last Thursday.
steve
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Well that sucks. But it is what it is. That’s open water swimming… and even more so… that’s swimming in the English Channel for you! As I said earlier, I was in exactly the same situation… waited for 2 weeks for decent weather… then had to go because my flight home went the next day… 7 of us tried to go on that day… no one made it… the next day it was flat as glass… 4 people went… and everyone made it.
And the lesson there is, Steve… you’ve waited this long and worked this hard… might as well wait a little longer and get the weather you need! Patience is a virtue!
Good luck from all the LOSTies, Steve!!!
Cheers,
Rob