Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart is a navigator and escort pilot in the North Channel.

North Channel Crossing Highlights

On 1 August 2016, he escorted Dr. Caroline Block of the USA from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 14 hours 31 minutes 53 seconds together with Padraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming.
On 5 July 2017, he escorted Carmel Collins of Ireland from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 15 hours 55 minutes 21 seconds.
On 4 August 2017, he escorted Dr. Caroline Block of the USA from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 15 hours 32 minutes.
On 14 July 2016, he escorted Andrew McLaughlin of the USA from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 14 hours 21 minutes 3 seconds together with Padraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming.
On 6 July 2017, he escorted Herman van der Westhuizen of South Africa from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 12 hours 30 minutes 37 seconds.
On 7 July 2017, he escorted Jonathan Ratcliffe of England from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 14 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds.
On 17 July 2017, he escorted Lynton Mortensen of Australia from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 13 hours 49 minutes 17 seconds.
On 30 August 2017, he escorted Matthias Kassner of Germany from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 14 hours 24 minutes 40 seconds.
On 4-5 August 2017, he escorted Dr. Caroline Block on her two-way crossing attempt of the North Channel that took 28 hours 55 minutes.

He was the navigator for the 3-person relay team called teamRIPTIDE ( Michelle Brooker, Jack Boyle and Noel Grimes) that became the first TRiO team to make the Dál Riata Channel Swim crossing. In June 2016, teamRIPTIDE started at the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland and made landfall south of Cushendun, Northern Ireland in 7 hours 44 minutes 21 seconds with support crew Milo McCourt and Afreen Ahmed and navigators Charles Stewart and Pádraig Mallon. The Dál Riata Channel Swim, previously known as the Mull of Kintyre Swim, is a 17 km (10.5-mile) channel swim was pioneered by Wayne Soutter from Mull of Kintyre in Scotland to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland. It is part of the Irish Triple Crown.