Posted by: Joey | November 16, 2009

Bowsprite’s November Gloucester Harbor Swim 11/16/09

Bowsprite is an artist and blogger from the sixth borough in NY.  Check out her incredible nautical illustrations by clicking this text

Who drives up from New Yawk to jump in Gloucester’s inner harbor for a leisurely swim in mid-November?  Bowsprite, that’s who.

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  1. It’s not below 50 F and in the harbor I bet you can add two degrees. That’s toasty. ;-O

    47-48 is the “wee bit nippy” cut off point where a wetsuit is called for.

    By: Paul Morrison on November 16, 2009
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  2. She may be nuts but Ill bet you when she is 70 years old she will look like she is 30

    By: Frank on November 16, 2009
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    • “She may be nuts but Ill bet you when she is 70 years old she will look like she is 30″

      If I jump off Joey’s dock every Saturday all winter I will become young again? How much do I have to pay him? Do I have to wear a jock strap? Is Sean really 90 years old?

      By: Paul Morrison on November 16, 2009
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  3. Freakin’ NYC People. They’re Crazy!

    By: capeannpainter on November 16, 2009
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  4. [...] Bowsprite’s November Gloucester Harbor Swim 11/16/09 » [...]

    By: Good Morning Gloucester! - Casco Bay Boaters Blog on November 16, 2009
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  5. That was a delightful video. Thanks for introducing me to this brave/crazy woman.

    By: Rhea on November 17, 2009
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  6. [...] November 17, 2009 in East Coast, New England, blogging, fish, humor, mermaids, personal, photos A brief update from Gloucester:  Bowsprite and I traveled up there to investigate reports of sightings of Bowsprite’s identical twin.  Sure enough, we found reported twin working away at Captain Joe & Sons lobster dock.  Captain Joe & Sons is also home to GoodMorning Gloucester, also the source of the reported swimming twin. [...]

    By: Trip to Gloucester « tugster: a waterblog on November 17, 2009
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  7. She is my hero!! tough and gorgeous!!!

    By: urban on November 18, 2009
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  8. thank you, but i’m completely embarrassed…this is nothing–

    NYswimmer Julie Sheldon a few weeks ago swam 17.5 M in 6hours 14 minutes, water temperature was 55°–through the major shipping channel, from Battery to Breezy Point: rough waters.

    Two friends, Rachel Golub and Cristian Vergara spent almost 2 hours in the 40° waters of the Strait of Magellan!

    I’m just floating abit, buoyed by a ring of beer flab. Just impossible to resist a dip in such incredibly pristine brine!

    By: bowsprite on November 18, 2009
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    • This is excitement for us Glosta people. We don’t get over the Bridge much.

      By: capeannpainter on November 18, 2009
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  9. I was being a tad sarcastic when I said that 52 F was toasty. That takes a little dedication. And practice. I think we should convince Joey to dive off the dock each afternoon and he can keep it up until Christmas. Like lifting the baby bull every day. Soon the bull is large.

    Switch “4.7 million Scoville units!!!” to “47 degrees Fahrenheit!!!”

    What better way to underline the attractions of Gloucester Harbor than to swim in it every day?

    By: Paul Morrison on November 18, 2009
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  10. [...] sweet little video about a New York woman who travels to chilly Gloucester, Mass., harbor in the middle of November just to take a dip in the [...]

    By: The Boomer Chronicles » Blog Archive » Friday Links Variety Show (November 20, 2009) on November 21, 2009
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