Transoceanic swim

Ben Hooper's Swim the Big Blue course across the Atlantic Ocean starting in Dakar

noun - A transoceanic swim refers to an assisted stage swim or assisted stage relay across one of the world's oceans. The start and finish points can be anywhere along the coast of the contiguous continents or on islands that are governed by one of the national governments of Africa, Europe or the Americans.

Usage

Ben Lecomte and Ben Hooper are attempting transoceanic stage swims during 2015 - 2019.

Transoceanic Swims in the Atlantic Ocean

At least 5 open water swimmers have attempted, planned or completed transoceanic assisted stage swims across the Atlantic Ocean:

• Benoît Lecomte from Boston, Massachusetts to France
• Jennifer Figge
• Dan Martin
• Guy Delage
• Ben Hooper, 1,731 miles (2,786 km) from Dakar, Senegal to Natal, Brazil
• Michael Ventre

Transoceanic Swim in the Pacific Ocean

• Ben Lecomte from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California attempted a transoceanic assisted stage swim, 5,419 miles (8,721 km) across the Pacific Ocean in 2018.

Synonyms

• transatlantic swim: a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean
• transpacific swim: a crossing of the Pacific Ocean

Types of Open Water Swim Courses

• A geometric course refers to the triangular, rectangular or any other multi-side shape of an open water swim. It generally has the start and finish at the same point, but not always. The start and finish can be in the water or on land.
• A circumnavigation course is a round-trip open water swim around an island. It can also be referred to as a circumnatation.
• A loop course refers to the shape of an open water swim where swimmers swim around buoys in any geometric shape (e.g., circular, triangular or rectangular), generally starting and finishing at the same point (or around a peninsula).
• A ship-to-shore course refers to a course that begins on a ship or boat or other type of marine vessel and ends on a nearby shoreline. It can also be referred to as a point-to-point course.
• A point-to-point course refers to the shape of an open water swim where swimmers start and finish at two separate points that can be on land or in the water at a fixed position. It can also be referred to as a linear course.
• An out-and-back course course refers to the shape of an open water swim where athletes start onshore, head out to a point away from shore in a bay, ocean, sea, lake or estuary, and then return back to the finish at the same point where the swim started.
• A bank-to-bank course refers to a course that starts on one bank (of a river or shore) and finishes on the opposite or other bank.
• An island-to-island course is a point-to-point swim from one island to another.
• An offshore course is where a majority or all of an open water swim is located far offshore, away from a continent or mainland.
• A coastal course is an open water swim where most of the course is located along a coast or shoreline.
• A transoceanic course is an assisted stage swim or relay across one of the world's oceans, either a transpacific swim or a transatlantic swim.

External links

• What Is Open Water Swimming?
• Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
• Ben Lecomte Pushing His Limits On WOWSA Live
• What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific?
• Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin
• The Longest Swim To Tackle Every Kilometer Of The Pacific
• Types of Open Water Swim Courses
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Is There A Doctor On Board?
• Kara Lavender Law & Ben Lecomte Studying The Pacific
• Lots Of Hubbub About Michael Ventre's Transoceanic Swim
• The Technicalities Of A Transatlantic Swim
• Getting Carried Away In Atlantic Ocean
• What Does It Take To Swim Across An Ocean?
• Ben Hooper To Be Protected In The Big Arena
• Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin
• Swimming Across The Currents Of The Big Blue
• Getting Carried Away In Atlantic Ocean
• Every £ Counts And Is Greatly Appreciated
• Preparing For Swimming The Big Blue
• £20,565 Gets Closer To Helping Oxfam
• Nothing Great Is Easy Across The Ocean
• Ben Lecomte Ben Hooper Crossing The Ocean
• The Tools Of A Transpacific Stage Swim
• Beam Me Across, Scotty
• Get Going With Gino Gönenç Kalganoğlu
• Swim Logs Of Ben Hooper's Transatlantic Swim Attempt
• Ben Hooper's Dream Carries On
• Where Are They Now? Ben Lecomte
• How Do You Swim From New York To London?
• It Is Not A Transponder, It Is A RadBand
• Is There A Doctor On Board?
• The Longest Swim, A Scientific Expedition
• Where Are They Now? Ben Lecomte
• The Longest Swim Is Getting Closer
• AltaSea, Where Ocean Innovators Work Together
• Ben Lecomte Going With The Flow Across The Pacific
• AltaSea, Where Ocean Innovators Work Together
• The Longest Preparation For The Longest Swim
• Heading To The Longest Swim
• The Science Behind The Longest Swim
• XPRIZE Ocean Initiative's Big Ocean Button Challenge
• Sharks While Swimming
• Discover The Discoverer
• Is There A Doctor On Board?
• Inspired At The Age Of 8 To Realize A Dream
• Yoav Nevo Guiding The Longest Swim
• All For One, One For All Aboard The Discoverer
• Head East, Do Science, Be Adventurous
• Seeker, Discovery, Nomadica Following The Swim
• Day 1: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 2: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 3: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 4: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 5: The Swim With Ben Lecomte & Oncoming Maliksi
• Day 6: The Swim With Ben Lecomte & Maliksi
• Day 7: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 9: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 10: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 11: The Swim WIth Ben Lecomte
• Day 16: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• Day 38: The Swim With Ben Lecomte
• The First Month With Ben Lecomte On The Swim
• Traversing Through Trash
• 44 Days Traversing The Pacific Ocean
• Keeping Safe Traversing The Pacific Ocean
• Ben Lecomte To Speak From The Middle Of The Pacific
• Ben Lecomte Swims, Still On A Roll
• Stroke After Stroke, Mile After Mile In The Pacific Ocean
• Studying Ben Lecomte From Head To Toe In The Pacific