Escape (swim)

Ned Denison's Prison Island Swims (or the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims or the Triple Break) offering different escapes or breaks were nominated for the 2016 WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the category of World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

Fort Jefferson island prison in Florida, U.S.A.

Fort Warren island prison in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Coiba island prison in Panama

Fort Denison island prison

noun - An escape or break is an open water swim from a prison island or an island that has or had a prison located on it to a nearby mainland or other point of land. It can be a solo swim or a tandem swim.

Examples of Prison Islands

• Changuu, Zanzibar
• San Simón island, Galicia, Spain
• Le Château d’If, southeastern France
• Fort Boyard, Pertuis d'Antioche in western France
• Devil's Island, French Guiana in South America
• Île de Gorée, Senegal
• Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa
• Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A.
• Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc), Cobh Harbour, Ireland
  
• Rottnest Island, west of Perth, Western Australia
• Sainte-Marguerite, France
• Île du Levant, France
• Niijima, Japan

Synonyms

break, prison island swim

External links

• Swimmers To Fight Nature In Batalla De Rande
• Tanzania's Changuu Added To The Prison Island Swims
• Triple Break - Global List Of Prison Island Swims
• Theodore Yach, Successful In His Element
• Open Water Swimming And Surfing At The Olympics?
• Swimming To Freedom, Triple Break Gone Global
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming