Team Mango hits the Water

[MangoMike]

Tomorrow Team Mango (Bartender Bill, his Bro and Mango) hits the water for the 15th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Swim.


photos from 2005 Swim

http://www.mangomikes.com/Pages/Phot...m/BayPg11.html


http://www.bayswim.com/

Will post pixs.

Jon & JDUB get to flip for the Mothership if I come up short, so to speak.

[Jerry Winchester]

Dude, your avatar looks like Hulk Hogan. Maybe that is your new handle on the board........

I'll take the Mothership if it passes the PDI........

[rfoster]

MANGO - GO MAN GO! May the currents be with you - good luck and may the training and preparation pay off.
Roger and Micki

[Jerry Winchester]

[MangoMike]

Thanks for the support guys.

Will post photos tomorrow as we're now camping in South Ocean City, MD and I left the camera cable back in Va.

Let it suffice to say that it's my last Bay Swim. I finished but it wasn't pretty. Someone in charge miscalculated the tidal current and for two miles we were fighting the current - bad. We had to (Ok Lew close your eyes here comes some plane talk) swim a 45º crab angle to keep from getting flushed out under the bridge. When it would normally take me about 30 minutes to swim a mile it was taking almost an hour. They were pulling swimmers out left and right. I finally made thru until slack tide and at the 3.5 mm a safety kayaker came up to me and said I had to take a boat ride in as I had busted the time limit - no way Jose´. I was able to talk the Coast Guard guy out of picking me for the ride of shame back to the pier and finished the swim. Total time 3:25.

From now on I'm directing my energies towards Bling domination.

MM

[rfoster]

Mango - you are the man - the Hulkster, I can't drive 3.25 hours without taking a break (unless its in the bus) much less swim- My Mango Hat is off to you!

Go for the bling thing - it certainly will be less exhausting - I think?
Buffing can be tough
Fast Roger over

[MangoMike]

Fast Roger,

I'm with you on the bling thing. Thanks for the support.

Who's the tough guy in your Myrtle Beach Photos?

Mango

[Just Plain Jeff]

MM: You d'man! Anybody that even enters a competition like that gets Lew Points for courage and determination.

If you redirect your energies to Bling at that level, well, the results could be unspeakably, well, "Wow!"

[truk4u]

Mango Man, you are awesome! I'm on my way to the BVI for a bareboat trawler trip this Friday and hell I can't snorkle with a BC for 3:25. You'll be happy at 60 just to tread water for 3:25 (that's 3 minutes, twenty five seconds)

[rfoster]

Hey Tom: Just spent a few days at the beach and saw alot of those Bikini eating Butt Monsters - careful out there- don't let em take a swipe at you -you could be lost forever.
Survivor Roger