Saint Malo
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The Jersey Swimming Club Polar Bear relay team that swam from St Malo to Jersey in 18 hours 9 minutes
Saint-Malo (Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine. Traditionally with an independent streak, Saint-Malo was formerly notorious for piracy. Today it is a major tourist destination, with many ancient, attractive buildings.
Open Water Swimming
- The Jersey Swimming Club Polar Bear relay team swam from St Malo to Jersey in 18 hours 9 minutes on 7 July 2014, skippered by Mathew Clarke in an event called La Grande Nag gie (The big swim). The relay consisted of Ian Jones, Wendy Trehiou, Nick Dotter, Graeme Lowe, David le Clercq and Neil Faudemer and was skippered by Mathew Clarke. The charity crossing was performed on behalf of 3 Jersey charities: Macmillan Jersey, Brighter Futures, and Channel island air search.
- On 10 August 2015, Wendy Trehiou swam nearly 36 miles solo from Saint Malo to Jersey in 24 hours 7 minutes to join the 24-hour Club.
- In 2016, Jacques Tuset completed a prison island swim by swimming from Fort National to Saint-Malo, France.
