There were no clouds, it was calm, the air temp was 45°and the water was 55° and glassy.
Jodi, Tom and Niel off of Fossil Point. From here to the end of the Poly Pier would be a nice 1,600M stretch.
I do not know that anyone has done this route before. The plot looks like a broken martini glass swim. A true Martini Swim is from the end of the Avila Pier, to the Avila Rock (see the plot), to the end of the Poly Pier and back to the the end of the Avila Pier. With the out and in along the Avila Pier a one martini is 2.4 miles and three martinis make a 10K swim.
Jodi, Niel and Tom Israel got in a bit after 7.
Nobody was decisive enough to suggest a route so we swam out to the end of the Avila Pier and waited for inspiration.
Jodi suggested that we swim east, parallel to the beach, until we were off of Fossil Point, to then swim to the end of the Poly Pier, back to the end of the Avila Pier and in.
The leg to the end of the Poly Pier was fun. An offshore wind came up and gave us a nice push. We paid for it on the way back to the Avila Pier because in that direction the chop was a head slapper.
Our broken martini glass was the same distance as a single Martini Swim at 3,878M.
I'll swim tomorrow at 11.
niel
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