Dawn Brooks

Dawn Brooks is an escort pilot with the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. She is a certified USCG Master Captain 50GRT Tow/Sail at Pacific Ocean and is a Kayak Guide at Blue Ocean Kayaking and Channel Islands Kayak Center, an Adventure Technician in High Ropes, Challenge Course Facilitator, Rock Climbing Guide, Belay Slave at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California.

Escort Highlights

• She escorted Peter Hayden around Anacapa Island in an unprecedented circumnavigation around the island in 5 hours 41 minutes and then across the Anacapa Channel in 6 hours 59 minutes on 3 September 2014.
• On 21 September 2018, she escorted Ken Mignosa on a 41-mile (65.98 km) two-way crossing between Santa Cruz Island and the California mainland in 29 hours 22 minutes. He swam the outbound leg via east and south around Anacapa Island, for the second longest solo marathon swim in California Channel Islands history.
• On 13 January 2019, she escorted Dr. Caroline Block 30.5 km from Oxnard on the California mainland to Santa Cruz Island in 14 hours 56 minutes.

Pat Gallant-Charette's Santa Barbara Channel Crossing

Captain Dawn Brooks escorted Pat Gallant-Charette on her 19.6 km Santa Barbara Channel crossing of 9 hours 22 minutes on 18 September 2021 with escort crew members Jean Murdoch-Gallant, Dana Brooks and kayaker Jerry Sellers, and Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association observer Peter Hayden. Gallant-Charette completed a crossing from Anacapa Island to the California mainland to become the oldest individual to complete the California Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the Santa Barbara Channel crossing at the age of 70 years and 228 days.

External links

• Pat Gallant-Charette and Jamie Tout Appreciate the Beauty and Challenge of the Open Water
• How Does Pat Gallant-Charette Do It?
• Pat Gallant-Charette Sets Yet Another Record In Her Long Career
• Old School Breaststroking In The Open Water
• Peter Hayden's Anacapa Circumnavigation + Crossing
• High Seas Adventures Of Dan Simonelli
• Simonelli Succeeds In Santa Barbara
• Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
• Swimming And Supporting Santa Barbara Channel Crossings
• More To Come: The Next Generation Across Channels
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Ken Mignosa Goes Long, Real Long In The Channel Islands
• Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
• The New York Doctor Becomes A California Queen