HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN
AND BEYOND
AUGUST 1950 BAY SWIM
Lewes, Delaware,
Saturday, 19 August, 1950 :
Two of the Rehoboth Beach
lifeguard members and a seven member family and
other swimmers will
attempt to swim from Cape Henlopen to Cape May Sunday, at
7 am.
The swim is 10 miles of
dangerous riptides of the Delaware Bay as it empties into
Atlantic Ocean. This
newspaper item says the feat was never accomplished according to
veteran watermen and the
Captain of Rehoboth's lifeguards, Dr. Paul Burnham, said it
cannot be done. The two
Rehoboth lifeguards are Leon Ryan of Newark and Patrick
Marshall of Rehoboth.
Burnham warns the 10 mile swim will be more like a 30 mile swim
bucking the riptide sand
swift currents.
Other entrants are the two
lifeguards of Rehoboth, the seven members of the Mercer family of
Fall River, Massachusetts and 17 year old Wandalee Rogers of
Wildwood,
New Jersey.
The Coast Guard calls
for calm waters and there is no indication weather will
halt the swim Sunday and
they will cooperate with the swimmers. There will be small
craft to accompany the
swimmers for safety.
The swimmers and guest
will hold a dinner Sunday night at the Cape May Tuna
Club with awards to be
presented.
Abstract: Saturday,
August 19, 1950, Wilmington News Journal.
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