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One Ocean Swim Rest Day
Day 4 became a rest day. We woke up to the news that the current was still going North, so we opted for a rest day. I was feeling okay, yet I soon realised that my body welcomed the break. I spent most of the day doing admin and meetings for my non-profit. I popped in...
One Ocean Swim Day 3
Today started at 3:45 am for me. I would be going through to Cassie's house on the South Coast. I had prepped everything the night before, so I packed up, loaded the car, and went to fetch Sarah and John. We made perfect time and arrived at Umkomaas at 5 am. We headed...
One Ocean Swim Day 2
Day two, here we go! We all had a 4 am wake up. However, John got the time wrong, so we were a little late for Cassie and Frikkie who were already waiting at the harbour. From the harbour, we headed out to our endpoint from day one. The water was not clean, and the...
One Ocean Swim Day 1
It’s day one. I had a decent sleep last night, albeit a little broken. It was an early wakeup at 4 am to get ready for the start of my @oneocean swim. The team from Coffee Creative Studio joined me at 4:30 am to watch my morning preparation. I made mushroom sauce on...
One Ocean Swim
One Ocean Swim Our CEO, Sarah Ferguson, will be embarking on her longest and farthest swim EVER! The One Ocean Swim will be kicking off on Monday 21 February 2022. Sarah will be swimming from Durban to Cape Town in an attempt to create awareness about plastic...
Philocaly Trail: Day 4- Blythedale to Zinkwazi
Today we had to pack all our food and luggage for the next 3 days as we were going to be staying in Tugela Mouth resort for the final 3 days of the swim. I had tried to keep things as simple as possible with minimal traveling and moving from place to place. Luckily...
Philocaly Trail: Day 3- Sheffield to Blythedale
I woke up early on Monday and the first thing I did was check my heart rate. It had already dropped by Sunday afternoon but I was still worried it may have shot up again. Thankfully it had normalized I was clear to swim. My voice was much better and today was a...
Philocaly Trail Day 2- Rest sick day
I had a solid 8 hours sleep and woke with a high resting heart rate. I didn’t feel fabulous but figured I could swim. I wanted to swim but I was also aware that this was only day 2 and the longest day of the series (28 km from Umdloti to Sheffield) I did not want to...
PHILOCALY TRAIL SWIM
When a friend of mine sent me a poster advertising the trail, my first thought was that I would swim the 1st leg- Durban to Umdloti. I have been wanting to swim that route for a long time so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. I was finally feeling like I...
Swim Against Plastic, by Toto
Date: 15-03-2019 Collaborations: Navy, Hanga Roa Hospital, Nanaky yacht -Nautica Rapa Nui, Kayak Rapa Nui, Hotel Hotu Matua, Discover Agency, People on board: Sarah Houston, Rentia Denissen, John McCarthy, Marta Vigoroux, Hian Schneider, Juan Gustavo Ogaz, Te Manu ko...
Swimming RAPA NUI
An Eyewitness account of Sarah Ferguson’s world first circumnavigation swim of Easter Island -By John McCarthy Contents Prologue The end A big idea Wiping the slate clean Show time Mataveri Kavi – Kavi, the Birdman ceremony The three bays Tangariki Mata Te Pari The...
Easter Island Post Swim Shenanigans
On Saturday after the swim, Sarah and I were treated to a massage. On Sunday I had another massage and we had a slow morning. Sarah slept like a champion and I brought her breakfast. In the afternoon we met Karina and Tavu to head out to Anakena beach for a chilled...
My thoughts on Rapa Nui
This trip has been nothing short of a whirlwind and I am sure a life changing experience. It will take me months to fully process and absorb what went down during our time there. There are 2 questions people have consistently asked me since my return: 1- what does it...
Easter Island | Post Swim
We headed to the hotel to scrub the sun cream off and collapse into bed. I finished swimming at 3.15am on March the 16th in a time of 19 hours and 8 minutes after 63.5km of swimming. I was slower on my feeds than usual as I literally had to psyche myself up to put my...
World-record swim: in her own words
The Easter Island swim has been the toughest I’ve done, and I really had to dig deep. On March 15, as dawn was still to make an appearance, my team and I readied ourselves for this momentous challenge that lay ahead. Around me, people gathered with messages of...
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