May 10, 2025
The annual over 60 cove swim is named in honor of Walt Schneebeli, a Dolphin Club member who joined in 1948 and swam in the cove for nearly 80 years.
The weather was excellent for this swim–sunshine and very little wind. There was a fairly strong push from a flood in the cove, so the courses ran clockwise.
We had three different course options this year:
- to the second buoy and back
- to the flag and back, and
- a full cove
58 Dolphins came out to swim and everyone made it back to the dock. Many swam out on the buoy line with inner tubes and enjoyed the free ride back to the club from the flood. Some folks remarked that it was odd swimming along Hyde Street Pier without the familiar sight of the Balclutha, Thayer, and Eppleton Hall.
Thank you to all the volunteers and pilots who made the swim possible.
Lead Swim Commissioner: Alex Kroeger
Volunteers: Derrick Rebello, Sue Garfield, Kathy Wallace, John Hornor, Juilia Peterson, Bobby Lu, Eva Adamson, Holly Reed, Steve Schatz, Scott Halsted, Miranda Rouse, Maeve Lavelle, Beth Stein, Chris Igo, Dave HK, Kim Gorcyca, Ben Clark, Lorna Newlin, Peter Neubauer, Dana Watt, Anne Hamersky
Pilots: Kelsey Dean, Erika Giste, Joshua Loman, Brian Kiernan, Robin Hart, Katrina Garry, Joey Murphy, Ken Coren, Era Osibe
Swimmers: Norman Degelman, Kathleen Duffy, Lawrence Remstedt, Paul Wolf, Ernst Halperin, Kelley Heye, Jennifer Weller, Janice Wood, Diane Walton, Fiona McCusker, Joe Ferrero, Peter Cullinan, Monica Towers, Bob McKenzie, Robin Rome, Kathy Wallace, Cheryl Wallace, Pia Hinckle, Lorna Newlin, Andrew Ach, Nancy Hornor, Chris Igo, Diane Campbell, Dorian Dunne, John Henderson, Vicki Stolberg, Sandy Bardas, Laura Merkl, Morgan Kulla, Phil Rollins, Will Powning, Anne Sasaki, Alix Marduel, Chris Kocher, Don Thornburg, Sarah McCuskey, Mark Lenz, Margaret Keenan, Krist Jake, John Lennox, John Hornor, Sheila Gleeson, Eileen David, Jeff Citron, Jeffrey Tong, Keith Nelson, Neal Powers, Beth Stein, Mary Cantini, Raphael Noz, Joni Beemsterboer, Daragh Powers, DJ Niccolls, Hal Offen, Catherine Singstad, Anne Hamersky, Peter Neubauer, Phil Gaal