North Channel Relay Swims
The current record for a relay swim (and overall fastest one-way crossing of the North Channel) is 9:20:40, set in 2019 by Dublin-based trio Ocean Breakers.
The table below lists all successful North Channel relay swims, both 1-way and 2-way.
| Date | Team | Members | Way | Direction | Time | Pilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-08-27 | Ireland One | Michael Gregson/Grainne Gunn/Peter Legge/Ian Flack/Keith Campbell/Conor Gunn | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:03:01 | Brian Meharg |
| 1993-08-14 | City of Liverpool (1993) | Alan Barwise/Jimmy Tinsley/Amanda Owens/Oliver Turner/Colin Edwards/David Parry | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 10:39:42 | Brian Meharg |
| 1996-06-23 | City of Dublin | Michael Kelly/Dave Kilmartin/Patrick Manning/Feilim O Maolain/Shay Dillon/Gerry Carroll | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:44:56 | Brian Meharg |
| 1999-08-20 | The All American | David Clark/Ed Reynolds/Bob West/Peter Urrea/Catherine Moore/Steve Frantz | 1 | Portpatrick to Donaghadee | 13:11:39 | Brian Meharg |
| 2002-08-26 | City of Liverpool (2002) | Tony Landry/Dave Parry/Ian Corrin/Chris Edmondson/Jimmy Tinsley/Chris Gibbs | 1 | Portpatrick to Donaghadee | 12:47:41 | Brian Meharg |
| 2004-07-06 | The Swilly Trio | Mairead NiEidhin/Patrick McCay/Brian Crossan | 1 | Portpatrick to Donaghadee | 14:41:14 | Brian Meharg |
| 2011-08-22 | Team Camlough | Pádraig Mallon/Mickey Lynch/Aoiffe Lynch/Paul McCambridge/Iryna Kennedy/Martin Mallon | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:21:12 | Brian Meharg |
| 2012-08-07 | The Machine Men | Brian Chris/Rick Gaenzle/Ross Krauss | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 10:18:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2014-07-05 | 11 Feet Camlough | Adrain Poucher/David Burke/Jacqueline McClelland/Alison Cardwell/John McElroy/Barry Patterson | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:52:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2015-06-24 | Wexford Masters | Sandra Goldsmith/James O'Connor/James O'Oonnor/Denise Underwood/Peter Bolger/Enda Sinnott | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 13:09:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2015-07-28 | Fast and Frozen | Ryan Stramrood/Elina Makïnen/Zdenek Tlamicha/Henri Kaarma/Patrick Corcoran/Anna-Carin Nordin | 2 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 29:57:00 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2015-08-07 | Team Infinity V | David Burke/Thomas OHagan/Gillian McShane/Joe Belton/Noel Grimes | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 13:15:00 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2016-06-12 | OW Relay Team | Vicki Watson/Claire Wookey/Louise Stratford/Sarah Gatland/Caroline Sims | 2 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 28:25:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-06-29 | Celtic Kippers | Michelle White/Barry O'Connor/Noel Grimes/Donagh MacDonagh/Rose Long/Michelle Brooker | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 13:36:44 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2016-08-25 | Deadly Diamonds | Maeve McConnell/Elaine Walker/Jane Reilly/Karen McCabrey/Catherine Hanna | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 10:20:00 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2016-08-25 | Channel Swimming Crazies | Oonagh Garry/Ruth McGuigan/Alana Sweeney/Nuala McGurk | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 09:55:44 | Charles Stewart |
| 2017-07-03 | Team MAD | Rachel Hughes/Trisha Harvey | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 16:00:37 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2017-07-05 | Peninsula Paddlers | Caroline McFarland/Jonathan Groves/Arthur Crowe/Mark Hardy/Bryan McFarland/Michael Dines | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:33:30 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2018-06-23 | Czech IT | Zdenek Slama/Pavlina Prochazkova/Zuzka Procazkova/Petr Šlajs/Rory Fitzgerald/Jakub Valnicek | 2 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 22:49:45 | Pádraig Mallon/Charles Stewart |
| 2018-07-06 | Doire II | Daniel Meehan/Paddy Bradley/John Coyle/Jolene Linehan-Harkin/Marc Power | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 14:36:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2018-07-22 | Suili | Jeff Gallagher/George Meenan/Gerard Curran/James Jackson/Darren Bradley | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:39:18 | Brian Meharg |
| 2018-08-04 | CoCo Channel | Helen Charlton/Andrey Burkley/Ruth McLaughlin/Dara Hamill/Hannah Eastword | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 10:41:00 | Richard Lafferty/Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-08-21 | Impossible Nada | Vicente Martinez Marti/Jose Antonio Peix Marco/Jose Miguel Ambel Rodriguez/Pablo Aleixandre Aranegui | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:10:00 | Richard Lafferty/Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-06-26 | Jumbo Jets | Chris Vorlicek/Christine Tamposi/Louis Tamposi/Andrew Altman | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 11:11:36 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2019-07-29 | Ocean Breakers | Tom Healy/Rachael Lee/Ronan Joyce | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 09:20:40 | Charles Stewart |
| 2019-07-29 | Team Global Tridents | Francie Haughey/Lauren O'Malley/Darran Cusick/Louise Darlington/Dominic Mudge/Christine O'Brien | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 11:54:24 | David Henry/Jack Boyle |
| 2019-07-29 | Team Mad Turks | Yasmine Bagana/Deniz Kayadelen/Emre Deliveli/Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaet | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:14:11 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2019-09-08 | Team ABC | Deborah Smyth/Gavin Smyth/Jeff McCormick/Caroline Boyle/Neil Finch | 1 | Donaghadee to Portpatrick | 12:08:13 | Charles Stewart |