The Jim Doty Story: Accounts of Some of the Marathon Swims of a Great Boston Swimmer
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The Jim Doty Story, Accounts of Some of the Marathon Swims of a Great Boston Swimmer written by Robert L. McCormack
James Doty, an inductee Honor Swimmer of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2007
The Jim Doty Story: Accounts of Some of the Marathon Swims of a Great Boston Swimmer is a book about James Doty written by Robert L. McCormack.
James Doty
- James Doty was an American open water swimmer and race director. He served on on the IMSHOF Board of Directors until his passing in 2012 and was inducted as in the Class of 2007.
- Doty swam across or the length of most New Hampshire lakes and swam on the professional circuit in World Professional Marathon Swimming Association races in Chicago, La Tuque, Chicoutimi and Rhode Island.
- He made two English Channel attempts.
- He was coached by International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Coach Charles Silvia
- He established the International Swimming Hall of Fame Davids-Wheeler Award in 1968.
- He re-started the Boston Light Swim in 1976 after it stopped in 1941 due to World War II. He won the 1976 with 6 swimmers.
- He founded the New England Marathon Swimming Association in 1978 as a charity organization to study water conditions, water safety and promote swimming.
- He has completed first 23-mile (37 km) peninsula swims around Cape Ann in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 12 hours 31 minutes.
- He completed the Boston Light Swim a record setting 18 times as a solo swimmer and 5 times as a relay swimmer.
- He completed a 17-mile swim from Nantasket Beach around Graves Light into Revere.
- He completed a 12-mile swim from Monhegan Island to Port Clyde.
- He completed an 18-mile double Graves Light swim in 11 hours 45 minutes.
- He completed a double Boston Light Swim in 10 hours.
- He is the namesake for the annual Jim Doty Memorial Mile Swim held in Boston Harbor in the state of Massachusetts.
- There are two Jim Doty Memorial Clocks posted at the clock tower at the L Street Bathhouse (Curley Community Center) in South Boston, Massachusetts that aim to help open water swimmers training in the harbor know how long they have been out in the water.
External links
- Bob McCormack Shares The Jim Doty Story On WOWSA Live
- Bob McCormack: Author, Historian, Ocean Swimmer
- Colin Hill Honored By The International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Memorials & Monuments Of Open Water Swimming Greats
- Hall Of Famer Peter Jurzynski Talks About His Career On WOWSA Live
- David Yudovin's New Memorial - And Other Landmarks
- Open Water Swimming Dual Inductees And Dual Honorees
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- New England Marathon Swimming Association
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Heavyweight of the Marathon Swimming World
- Memorial Service for Jim Doty
- Celebrating The Legacy of Jim Doty
- Eric Nilsson Faces Wind, Whitecaps To Win Boston Light Swim
- Memorials & Monuments Of Open Water Swimming Greats
- Remembering Great Open Water Swimmers
- Bringing The Masses To The Open Water
- The Legacy Of Jim Doty Continues
- Honoring The Legacies Of Irving Davids, Roger Wheeler
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
