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Originally Posted by zapatista
and people DO swim the channel, dont they 
plus BoB takes place in summer, so good weather for a swim |
I assume you aren't serious?
The quickest Channel crossing by a swimmer prior to WWII was by Gertrude Ederle, in 1926. She took 14 hours and 39 minutes. A little boring, I'd have thought...
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle