St. John

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The 2018 RSOT Swim Across The Caribbean was a 80.4 km stage swim from St. John’s to St. Thomas to Vieques to Ceiba, Puerto Rico by Joel Matos Ortiz in May 2018

St. John Island (Spanish: San Juan; Dutch: Sint Hans; French: Saint-Jean; Danish: Sankt Jan) is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. St. John is located about four miles east of Saint Thomas, the location of the territory's capital, Charlotte Amalie, and four miles southwest of Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands. It is 50.8 km² (19.61 sq mi) in area with a population of 4,170 (2010 census). Because there are no airports on St. John, the only access to the island is by boat. The ferry service runs hourly from St. Thomas and daily from Tortola; regular ferries also operate from Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke and Anegada. Approximately 60% of the island is protected as Virgin Islands National Park.

Open Water Swimming

In May 2018, Joel Matos Ortiz completed the 2018 RSOT Swim Across The Caribbean, a 80.4 km stage swim that started from St. John’s and went to St. Thomas to Vieques to Ceiba, Puerto Rico.

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