Bondi - Watsons Bay, Sunday, May 16, 2010...

2010 results...

The 2010 South Head Roughwater was won by Ryan Huckle. Ryan's escort crew made this movie of his swim...

Water safety.

Last drinks.

Off they go, tailed by one who drank too much.

Around Ben Buckler.

Here we go...

There was swell out there.

Hunk.

Drama.

Close in.

 

Changeover.

Keep that hydration up, Nicola.

 

Traffic.

The Gap.

Easy for some.

Heads.

Protected.

Drink time.

Through the Heads.

Marker for home.

Escape from Lady Jane...

Colour on the Harbour.

Happy to be almost there.

Almost there.

Triumphant solo swimmer Ryan Huckle was first home overall, despite some very stiff teams competition.

An hug for Huckle.

Tatts All-Stars were 2nd overall, 1st team - l-r Paul Lemmon, Don Boland, Peter Thiel.

Nicola Davidson

Tori Gorman

Jan Davies and Denise Elder, from Balmoral Beach Club, are about to set off, with six other BBCers, to swim the Straits of Gibraltar.

Team Tacoma - l-r Colin "The IT Nerd" Reyburn, Tacoma Jim Goins, Peter "McGoo" McRae, and Glynzo Collins.

Some observers were surprised to see this swimmer reach the finish, then to crawl up the ramp at the Vaucluse Yacht Club. Tired? Maybb, but James Pittar also is blind. He is a regular to South Head, altering direction right or left according to the whistles he hears from his escort paddler. 3 means "SHARK!", but James once told us he'd never heard that one.

Tori's team.

 

Happy mob.

Lochie Hinds, 14, has been a regular on the ocean swimming circuit for as long as we can remember. Must drive his mum and dad up the wall. At South Head, Lochie won the Organisers Trophy. He came in in 3:40, only 23 minutes behind the winner.

Winners are grinners... Ryan Huckle and crew.