Aruba
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Aruba is a beautiful island located in the southern Caribbean, 15 miles off the coast of Venezuela. It’s 19.6 miles long and 6 miles across at its widest point, with a total area of approximately 70 square miles.
Weather
Aruba is a tiny Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela with dry, sunny weather, blond beaches and gentle surf. Constant trade winds bring cool breezes and cause the divi-divi trees to slope southwesterly. European influence shows in architecture that features Dutch gables painted in tropical pastels. It’s also evident in language, with English, Dutch and Spanish spoken alongside the local tongue, Papiamento
Open Water Swimming
- Dia Betico Croes Open Water Championship is a 1 km, 3 km, 5 km open water swim held in Commandeurs Bay in Savaneta, Aruba held on 27 January 2019. It is hosted by Aruba Open Water Swimming and Aruba Swimming Federation AZB. The 5 km race is a CARIFTA qualifying event for males and females in the age group 14-15 and 15-16 years.
- In 1988, Roly Bisslik became the first person to swim 30 km from Venezuela to Aruba in a charity swim in order to raise funds to buy a piece of land to build an Olympic swimming pool for the community of Aruba, later named Piscina Olimpico Roly Bisslik.
- On 11 November 2018, Roly Bisslik coached 5 swimmers to replicate his 1988 feat: Davy Bisslik, Romar Arendsz, Wendy Kock-Croes, Stephan Thijsen, and Deaxo Croes in 10 hours 20 minutes 12 seconds.
Contact
Louella Maduro, email Maduro.louella@hotmail.com
Video
External links
- Deaxo Croes, Davy Bisslik, Romar Arendsz, Wendy Kock-Croes, Stephan Thijsen Swim From Venezuela To Aruba
- Crossing For Hope, Aruba Today
- Crossing For Hope
- Aruba, One Happy Island
- Bon Bini Aruba, Planning An Unprecedented Swim
- Montserrat Ortuño Wins CAC Games 10K
- Dia Betico Croes
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Jursil Cirino, Bo-Anne Bos Win Iguana Open Water Swim
- 2015 CCCAN Open Water Swimming Championships
- Montserrat Ortuño Wins CAC Games 10K
- Klein Curaçao-Curaçao By Erwin Ruijsink, André Nottelman
- Guadeloupe Shows Its Open Water Prowess At CARIFTA
- Joanna Evans Is High Point Of CARIFTA Championships
