Michael Oram
Michael Oram is an escort pilot from Great Britain was inducted as an Honour Pilot in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) in 2004. He is a renowned English Channel escort pilot and a Qualified Royal Yachting Association / Department of Trade Yachtmaster with commercial endorsement.
He began escorting channel swimmers in the English Channel in 1982 and served as a Channel Swimming Association committee member for 15 years before he became the Honorary Secretary between 1991 and 1996. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
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Qualifications
Principal & Senior Instructor of Dover Sea School
RYA/DoT Yachtmaster with commercial endorsement
RYA instructor for motor cruisers & powerboats
RYA/DoT powerboat examiner
RYA Theory, GMDSS, Radar, First Aid & Diesel instructor
Escort pilot for Channel swimming & other forms of accepted unorthodox crossings and Channel crossings
Delivery skipper power & sail
Marine consultant, diesel engineer & Electronics installation engineer
Proprietor of Pedro Boats UK, Dover Sea School & Seacraft
Chairman of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation (CS&PF)
Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
Oram was one of the founding members of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation in 1998. He helped set up the Federation, its documentation, rules and constitution and obtained Government recognition and governing body status as its Honorary Secretary in 1999. His English Channel website is comprehensive in its scope and he has influenced the method in which English Channel swims are planned.
Track Record of Success
To date, Oram has escorted over 500 English Channel crossings with a 65% success rate. His successes include two of the three triple-crossings (Philip Rush in 1986 in 28 hours 21 minutes and Alison Streeter in 1990 in 44 hours 40 minutes), the first relay quadruple-crossing (Sun Rice Australia in 1994 in 44 hours 6 minutes), the only Belgium-to-England relay (RAF Air Force in 1995 in 26 hours 56 minutes) and the fastest two crossing of the English Channel from England to France including Petar Stoychev's swim of 6 hours 56 minutes and Trent Grimsey's current world record swim of 6 hours 55 minutes 0 seconds.
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Pilots
- Reg Brickell, Sr., Great Britain, Class of 2003 (English Channel)
- Captain Leonard Hutchinson, Great Britain, Class of 2004 (English Channel)
- William J. Long, 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)
- Mickey Pittman and John Pittman, USA, Class of 2017 (Catalina Channel)
World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
He was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2015 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
External links
- David Whyte Talks About Crossing The English Channel On WOWSA Live
- The Swimming Evolution – From Briefs To Jammers
- Try Try Again After DNF (Did Not Fail)
- Double English Channel Attempt
- Diary Of A Double With Antonio Argüelles - Week 20
- Diary Of A Double With Antonio Argüelles - Week 19
- Diary Of A Double With Antonio Argüelles - Week 18
- How Far Is The English Channel?
- Diary Of A Double With Antonio Argüelles - Week 14
- Diary Of A Double With Antonio Argüelles – Week 13
- Yvetta Hlaváčová Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Sally Minty-Gravett, Otto Thaning, Ned Denison Give Tribute To Varne Ridge On WOWSA Live
- David Whyte Talks About The English Channel On WOWSA Live
- The Perfect Open Water Man
- The Perfect Open Water Woman
- The World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- Michael Oram Website
- Michael Oram on Swimming In The English Channel
- The Day The English Channel Record Was Set
- Escort Pilots On The High Seas
- 6:55...Trent Grimsey Breaks Hallowed English Channel Record
- Sylvain Estadieu, Flying Where No Man Has Gone Before
- Honour Pilots In the International Hall Of Fame
- Peter Bales, A Navigating Giant Of South Africa
- The Perfect Ideal Of A Male Swimmer
- Dan Robinson Does Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
- Honoring Pilots Around The World
- Having A Strong Will To Succeed
- Communication In The Channel
- Rene Martínez Saenz Completes The Triple Crown
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marcy MacDonald One-Arms It To France
- The Swimming Evolution From Briefs To Jammers
- Pure And Simple, A Silver Lining For Alexander Popov
- Honor Pilots In The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Honor Pilots In The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
