CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

La Traversee Internationale du Lac St. Jean 1981

Coach Virginia Duenkel

Around the Island Swim – 1980

Coach Gregg Troy

Egypt – 1980

Coach Mark Schubert

La Traversee du Lac Memphremagog 1982

Coach Ron “the Rock” Johnson

Capri–Napoli – 1982

Coach Charles “Red” Silvia

The English Channel – 1985

The Double Crossing – 1985 and 1989

A Tough Summer – 1990

The Fiftieth Anniversary Race – 2004

Enduring Friendships – 2006–2012

Alex’s Magnum Opus – 2016

God’s Guiding Hand – Forever

Acknowledgements

Appendix

About the Author