When Georgina Smith last spoke to Lester Kiewit on 15 January, the Relay Mermaids were on standby, waiting for a narrow weather window to attempt their 72 kilometre open ocean swim from Fish Hoek around Cape Point to Hout Bay. After repeated delays due to unfavourable winds and swell, the team finally launched this past weekend and completed the full distance in an unratified time of 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds. Smith joined Lester again to reflect on the physical and mental endurance required to push through icy Atlantic waters in only costumes, caps and goggles, rotating alongside Shoneé Cornelissen, Katherine Persson and Eva Dirksen through the night. The near 24 hour finish follows weeks of careful weather monitoring, with the swim dedicated to raising funds for the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund in support of 13 year old Leandro Jantjies, the organisation’s youngest recipient, who now requires lifelong care following a catastrophic rugby injury. Donations remain open via https://www.givengain.com/campaign/project-13-waves-of-hope-32168

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