Kaiwi Channel swims

Kaiwi Channel route
Route Swims First Fastest
Molokai to Oahu 103 Keo Nakama - 1961 Attila Mányoki - 12:02:00 (2015)
Oahu to Molokai 2 Harry Huffaker - 1972 Harry Huffaker - 16:15:00 (1972)

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Date Name Gender Age Nation Route Km Time
1961 Sep NA Keo Nakama Male Molokai to Oahu 45 15:30:00
1967 Sep NA Harry Huffaker Male Molokai to Oahu 45 13:35:00
1972 Sep NA Harry Huffaker Male Oahu to Molokai 45 16:15:00
1974 May NA Jonathan Ezer Male Molokai to Oahu 45 13:04:00
1979 May NA Ian Emberson Male Molokai to Oahu 45 16:50:00
1979 Sep NA Mike Miller Male Molokai to Oahu 45 16:50:00
1994 Mar NA Robin Isayama Molokai to Oahu 45 15:21:00
2006 Sep 11 Forrest Nelson Male 41 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:55:00
2006 Sep 11 Bill Goding Male 53 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:55:00
2006 Sep NA Forrest Nelson Male Oahu to Molokai 45 16:36:00
2007 Sep 20 Kelly Gleason Female Molokai to Oahu 45 15:15:00
2007 Sep 20 Mike Spalding Male 59-60 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:15:00
2007 Sep NA Linda Kaiser Female Molokai to Oahu 45 15:00:00
2009 Apr NA Mackenzie Miller Female Molokai to Oahu 45 14:52:00
2010 Jul NA Chris Palfrey Male Molokai to Oahu 45 12:53:00
2011 Sep NA Samantha Simon Female Molokai to Oahu 45 13:41:00
2011 Sep NA Tina Neill Female Molokai to Oahu 45 17:17:00
2011 Oct 21 Darren Miller Male 28 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:12:00
2011 Oct 24 Michelle Macy Female 34 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:12:00
2011 Oct NA Forrest Nelson Male Molokai to Oahu 45 17:17:00
2011 Nov 30 Penny Palfrey Female 49 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:07:00
2011 Nov NA Anna-Carin Nordin Female Molokai to Oahu 45 18:22:00
2012 Feb NA Stephen Redmond Male Molokai to Oahu 45 22:30:00
2012 Jun NA Adam Walker Male Molokai to Oahu 45 17:01:00
2012 Aug NA Michael Ventre Male Molokai to Oahu 45 22:30:00
2012 Sep 8 Kathleen Wilson Female 49 Molokai to Oahu 45 20:49:00
2012 Oct NA Oliver Wilkinson Male Molokai to Oahu 45 13:05:00
2012 Nov NA Kimberley Chambers Female Molokai to Oahu 45 19:27:00
2012 Dec NA Beth French Female Molokai to Oahu 45 24:10:00
2013 Aug 18 Leahi Camacho Female 17 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:43:00
2013 Sep NA Yesenia Cabrera Fuegos Female Molokai to Oahu 45 16:50:00
2013 Oct NA Katie Blair Female Molokai to Oahu 45 18:00:00
2014 Sep 30 Cameron Keith Male 15 Molokai to Oahu 45 13:55:00
2014 Oct 5 Jim Barber Male 54 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:42:00
2014 Oct 5 Victoria Rian Female 48 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:42:00
2014 Oct 28 Rohan More Male 28 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:28:20
2015 Sep 21 Attila Mányoki Male 42 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:02:00
2015 Oct 15 André Wiersig Male 43 Molokai to Oahu 45 18:26:00
2016 Mar 22 Antonio Argüelles Male 56 Molokai to Oahu 45 23:18:00
2016 Apr 10 Elizabeth Fry Female 57 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:27:00
2016 Apr 10 Marcy MacDonald Female 51-52 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:27:00
2016 Jun 21 Thomas Pembroke Male 27 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:27:00
2016 Jul 11 Adrian Sarchet Male 41 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:24:00
2016 Aug NA Jorge Crivilles Villanueva Male Molokai to Oahu 45 17:54:00
2016 Sep 11 Thomas Hackett Male Molokai to Oahu 45 14:53:00
2016 Oct 5 Stephen Junk Male 56 Molokai to Oahu 45 13:50:00
2016 Oct 5 Ion Lazarenco Tiron Male 38 Molokai to Oahu 45 18:11:00
2016 Dec 7 Beth French Female 38-39 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:59:02
2017 Feb 26 Cameron Bellamy Male 34 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:01:00
2017 Feb 26 Steve Walker Male 49 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:52:00
2017 Mar 28 Abhejali Bernardová Female 40 Molokai to Oahu 45 21:52:00
2017 May 20 Pat Gallant-Charette Female 66 Molokai to Oahu 45 23:54:00
2017 Jun 7 Prabhat Koli Male 17 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:22:00
2017 Jul 10 Mariel Hawley Dávila Female 49 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:28:00
2017 Jul 10 Nora Toledano Cadena Female 47 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:28:00
2017 Jul 24 Sarah Ferguson Female Molokai to Oahu 45 17:54:00
2017 Sep 2 Toni Enderli Male 40 Molokai to Oahu 45 20:35:00
2017 Sep 4 Stefan Reinke Male 59 Molokai to Oahu 45 19:43:00
2017 Sep 4 Ryan Leong Male 50-51 Molokai to Oahu 45 19:43:00
2018 Apr 27 Dean Summers Male 58 Molokai to Oahu 45 20:12:00
2018 Jun NA Anna Strachan Female Molokai to Oahu 45 15:11:00
2018 Jul 1 Lynton Mortensen Male 54 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:49:00
2018 Jul 1 Mark Tan Male 50-51 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:19:00
2018 Aug 19 Jonathan Ratcliffe Male 45 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:09:00
2018 Aug 28 Dina Levačić Female 22 Molokai to Oahu 45 13:07:00
2018 Oct 19 John Zemaitis Male 35 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:51:00
2018 Oct 19 Joe Zemaitis Male 38 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:51:00
2019 Apr 9 Paul Georgescu Male 40 Molokai to Oahu 45 13:06:00
2019 Jul NA Paul Feltoe Male Molokai to Oahu 45 13:25:00
2019 Aug 5 Florin Tomos Male Molokai to Oahu 45 14:56:00
2019 Sep 26 Christian Jongeneel Male 45 Molokai to Oahu 45 17:29:00
2020 Nov NA Steven Minaglia Male Molokai to Oahu 45 22:02:00
2020 Nov NA Deb Merwick Female Molokai to Oahu 45 22:31:00
2021 Feb 13 Sarah Thomas Female 38 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:39:00
2021 Mar 12 Edie Markovich Female 15 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:27:00
2021 Apr 27 Andrey Bozhko Male 34 Molokai to Oahu 45 21:37:00
2021 May 23 Bárbara Hernández Huerta Female 35 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:41:00
2021 Jun NA Dmitry Petrov Male Molokai to Oahu 45 21:20:00
2021 Sep NA John Batchelder Male Molokai to Oahu 45 14:11:00
2022 Mar NA Marcia Cleveland Female Molokai to Oahu 45 17:45:00
2022 Apr 28 Daniel Vivero Aguero Male 33 Molokai to Oahu 45 18:03:00
2022 Apr NA Mark Sowerby Male Molokai to Oahu 45 14:23:00
2022 Apr NA Sayani Das Female Molokai to Oahu 45 18:50:00
2022 Apr NA Guy Moar Male Molokai to Oahu 45 19:29:00
2022 Jun 19 Rene Martinez Saenz Male 40-41 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:48:00
2022 Jun NA Jaime Lomelin Gavaldon Male Molokai to Oahu 45 13:08:00
2022 Jun NA Lori King Female Molokai to Oahu 45 14:38:00
2022 Aug 17 Nathalie Pohl Female 27 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:05:00
2022 Aug NA Herman van der Westhuizen Male Molokai to Oahu 45 15:04:00
2022 Sep 15 Terri Dietz Female 51 Molokai to Oahu 45 20:20:00
2022 Oct 1 Zach Margolis Male 33 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:47:00
2022 Oct NA Suwei Chen Male Molokai to Oahu 45 14:02:00
2023 Jan 19 Maya Merhige Female 15 Molokai to Oahu 45 27:33:00
2023 Mar 20 Andrew Walberer Male 50-51 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:49:00
2023 Apr 10 Steve Leitch Male 48-49 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:54:00
2023 Apr 18 Andrew Donaldson Male 32 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:51:00
2023 May 12 Grainne Moss Gunn Female 53 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:07:00
2023 Jun 4 Ezequiel Becerril Zuñiga Male 44 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:31:00
2023 Jun 5 Eduardo Collazos Valle Male 51-52 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:18:00
2023 Jun 8 Jorge Ivan Agudelo Male 31 Molokai to Oahu 45 12:12:00
2023 Jun 21 Edward Lomicka Male 54 Molokai to Oahu 45 18:29:00
2023 Jul 31 Christopher Allshouse Male 53 Molokai to Oahu 45 15:28:00
2023 Aug 14 Alessandra Rossi Cima Female 48-49 Molokai to Oahu 45 14:04:00
2023 Sep 4 Lauren Lesyna Female 27-28 Molokai to Oahu 45 16:55:00
2023 Oct 6 Kieron Palframan Male 49 Molokai to Oahu 45 21:26:00

Reviews

Reviewer: Joelle Beard (August 2023)
Swam in 2021 (DNF)

Pilot: Matt Buckman
Fees: $4,900
Communication ★️★️★️★️✩️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Comments: "I thought that Matt did make safety a priority. However, the safety issues were from his boat not working properly. The day that the weather was ideal, his boat was not working, so that pushed us to go on a day when the weather was less ideal. Once we got ready for the swim, the safety briefing and the particulars he was taking with glow sticks and lights and kayaking, seemed good to me.

When I attempted in 2018, I had absolutely no complaints. I thought everything was fantastic. My post Covid swim, I had a few times where I did not think the best judgment was being made. I felt on that swim, the occasionally the finances were a bigger priority."


Reviewer: Bill Goding (August 2023)
Swam in 2015 (Finished)
Overall Experience: ★️★️★️★️★️

Pilot: N/A
Fees: $2,000
Communication ★️★️★️★️✩️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️✩️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "I swam the channel in 2006. (I put 2015 in the drop down menu. It required a choice but didn't have my year) At that time it hadn't been swum in 12 years. It was a scramble to find a pilot. At first it was a friends boat (which fell through), then a friend of a friends boat."

Association: Hawaii Channel Association
Fees: NA
Communication ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Advice & Support: ★️★️✩️✩️✩️
Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "The Hawaii Channel Association is just a list of names of swimmers. To get on the list you swim the channel and then submit a verification form signed by the boat pilot. There is no paid "official observer" required to be on board. Many swimmers have completed the channel and are not on the list because no verification form was submitted. Example: Attila Manyoki, the fastest crossing of the Kaiwi channel (12:02) is not on the Hawaii Channel Association list."

General Comments: "The Kaiwi Channel became one of the Oceans Seven in 2011. Now we have many swimmers each year to attempt the channel. There are only 3 boat pilots that support the swims (each of different ability) and cost start at $7000-$7500 up to 18 hours and more after that. In 2022, there were 13 successful crossings."


Reviewer: Sarah Thomas (August 2023)
Swam in 2021 (Finished)

Pilot: Matt Buckman
Fees: $5000 USD
Communication ★️★️✩️✩️✩️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Comments: "Matt negotiated price with me because it was his first swim post-COVID. He was difficult to communicate with- he forgot we were coming and then didn't notify me we were swimming until about 4 hours prior to the swim, after telling me the night before the weather wasn't great. His boat broke down from Oahu to Molokai and for about 15 minutes during my swim. My support crew fixed the boat so we could continue. He didn't have a working radio or fully functioning running lights. Crew also had to bail the boat as the bilge pump was broken. We did get across quickly..."

Association: Molokai Channel Swimmers Association
Fees: NA
Communication ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Advice & Support: ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Value: ★️★️★️✩️✩️


Reviewer: Daniel Vivero (August 2023)
Swam in 2022 (Finished)

Pilot: Mike Twigg
Fees: 5500 USD
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️★️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "I am taking my time to write this review because I believe there is a great captain/pilot in the Molokai swim and it is only fair to let people know. Captain Mike takes a lot of pride in being part of the O7 swims and he does everything in his part to deliver the best experience. He has invested in a boat Seakeeper gyro to make more pleasant the swim for all crew members. He takes safety very seriously and only takes swimmers who swim with a shark shield. Also, during the day of my swim a fellow swimmer who was swimming with another boat got left behind by her captain (boat issues). I asked Mike if we could do a Tandem and he said firmly ‘no’. Despite been offered more money he didn’t commit to the idea as he hadn’t enough kayaks, kayakers (3 per swimmer) and shark shields. I have a lot of respect for Captain Mike and I am looking forward to recommend him. If you want to do Molokai swim then look no further."

Association: Molokai Channel Swimmers Association
Fees: NA
Communication ★️★️★️✩️✩️
Advice & Support: ★️★️★️★️✩️
Value: ★️★️★️✩️✩️


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