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This swim marked the beginning of the “Swim 50 States” project.  Both Mary-Jane and I had completed 1/2 mile swims as part of the Danskin triathlon series, but this was the first long distance open water event either of us had tried.  The swim is 1.7 miles across Narragansett Bay from Newport to Jamestown.  The shipping channel is some 300 feet deep at the center, and was closed to boat traffic during the swim.  We finished in just over an hour (1:04:21 for Mary-Jane; 1:04:26 for Becky) with some energy to spare.

The event is a fund raiser for Save the Bay, an organization that works to restore the bay watershed, protect the bay and improve water quality.  The Bay Swim began in 1977 to raise awareness about water quality.

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