Open-water swimming in 1875: Webb’s Channel 뿯½ Webb’s Channel
Triathlon swims are usually shorter, often wetsuit-legal, and end in a transition. Pure open-water races can last hours and include feeding pontoons. Keep Open-water swimming with “Webb’s Channel” and 22 from 1875. Long before lane ropes, swimming was a harbour and river skill. The modern sport begins with nineteenth-century Channel attempts and newspaper-backed endurance swims.
World Aquatics and national federations write race rules on wetsuits, feeding and water temperature. Those rules do not govern a Tuesday lake dip — local clubs, coastguard advice and park bylaws do. This chapter is a map of practice and history, not a live swim plan. Conditions change by the hour; event organisers and local authorities publish the briefing that matters on the day.
Municipal and club pools publish lane books before open-water leaps. Red Cross / federation lessons gate beginners — a dive card is not a pool pass. Indoor 25 m is year-round; outdoor seasons follow local climate. Open-water swimming mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits.
Open-water swimming sits in the swim atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans. Adoption and meaning follow coastal and inland water sites as much as peak specs. Not a certifying agency, medical advice, or dive briefing. Editorial scores help browsing; they are not certificates.
The gate keeps flag, depth, and limit. If “Webb’s Channel” is the limit, the figure is 22 and the year is 1875. Keep Open-water swimming with “Webb’s Channel” and 22 from 1875. 221875
Figures to keep
- Year of the limit
- 1875
- Water figure
- 22
- Topic
- Open-water swimming
- Field line
- Webb’s Channel