Professional Swimming

Rebecca Tunstall completed the channel swim with her sister in 2009 and went on to lead a team of 6 women doing a relay to France and back in 2010. Her next challenge is the Strait of Gibraltar in 2012. Rebecca also coaches swimming with Thames Turbo Triathlon and Swim for Tri.

Here are Rebecca's top ten tips for channel swimming:

Planning ahead - Ideally book your boat 2-3 years before you plan on doing your swim.
This way you will get the best possible chance of a good day. Each week long Channel Swimming window has 4 positions. First position gets the choice of the first good day that week and