Dave Whyte

David Whyte is an Honor Pilot in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inducted in the Class of 2007

Piloting Career

Whyte piloted the first six-way English Channel relay that took 61 hours 27 minutes.
Whyte retired after 25 years of piloting 305 English Channel swimmers from 32 different countries doing 83 solo crossings between 1984 and 2008.
Whyte piloted Richard Blatny, a breaststroke channel swimmer in 23 hours 38 minutes across the English Channel in 1998.
Whyte piloted a number of disabled swimmers, paraplegic and multi-amputees, on both solo and relay swims across the English Channel including Walid Ahmed Abdel Kader, a disabled Egyptian who has one arm and one leg who completed a 33.5 km crossing in 12 hours 59 minutes in 1990.
Whyte piloted Eric Johnson on his France-to-England Channel crossing record in 1985 in 8 hours 20 minutes.
Whyte piloted both Michael Read MBE and Kevin Murphy when they achieved their respective King of the Channel® successes.

Reg Brickell, Sr., Great Britain, Class of 2003 (English Channel)
Captain Leonard Hutchinson, Great Britain, Class of 2004 (English Channel)
Right Honourable Captain William J. Long, OBE, Great Britain, Class of 2004 (English Channel)
Michael Oram, Great Britain, Class of 2004 (English Channel)
Duncan Taylor, Great Britain, Class of 2005 (English Channel)
David Whyte, Great Britain, Class of 2007 (English Channel)
Reg Brickell, Jr., Great Britain, Class of 2009 (English Channel)
Ray Brickell, Great Britain, Class of 2009 (English Channel)
Charlie Gravett, Great Britain, Class of 2016 (Isle of Jersey)
John Pittman, USA, Class of 2017 (Catalina Channel)
Mickey Pittman, USA, Class of 2017 (Catalina Channel)