North Channel Solo Swims
The record for the fastest solo crossing – 9 hours, 34 minutes, 39 seconds – has been held since 2013 by American Michelle Macy.
The table below lists all successful North Channel solo swims, beginning with Tom Blower’s pioneering triumph in July 1947.
| Date | Swimmer | Way | Direction | Time | Pilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-07-27 | Tom Blower | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:26:00 | Andrew White |
| 1970-09-01 | Kevin Murphy | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:21:00 | W. Long |
| 1971-08-29 | Kevin Murphy | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:27:00 | W. Long |
| 1973-08-11 | Ted Keenan | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 18:27:00 | W. Long |
| 1988-08-22 | Alison Streeter | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 09:53:42 | Brian Meharg |
| 1988-08-23 | Margaret Kidd | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:26:03 | Quinton Nelson |
| 1989-08-25 | Alison Streeter | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 10:04:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 1989-09-07 | Kevin Murphy | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 17:17:48 | Quinton Nelson |
| 1997-08-18 | Alison Streeter | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 10:02:12 | Brian Meharg |
| 1999-07-27 | Paul Lewis | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 14:28:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2000-07-21 | Steve Price | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 16:56:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2004-07-31 | Colm O`Neill | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 11:25:05 | Brian Meharg |
| 2008-09-12 | Colleen Blair | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:23:59 | Brian Meharg |
| 2010-08-31 | Steve Redmond | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 17:17:01 | Brian Meharg |
| 2010-09-01 | Anne Marie Ward | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 18:59:26 | Derek Flanagan |
| 2011-07-27 | Craig Lenning | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:44:05 | Brian Meharg |
| 2011-08-02 | Howard Keech | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:25:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2013-06-16 | Fergal Somerville | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:21:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2013-07-08 | Anna-Carin Nordin | 1 | Scotland to Ireland | 14:21:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2013-07-15 | Michelle Macy | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 09:34:39 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2013-07-30 | Milko Van Gool | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:34:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2013-08-16 | Pádraig Mallon | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:49:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2013-08-29 | Darren Miller | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:16:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2014-07-06 | Finbarr Hedderman | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:24:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2014-07-07 | Sabrina Weidmer | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:13:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2014-07-22 | Guy Moar | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:09:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2014-08-06 | Adam Walker | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:45:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2014-08-07 | Colleen Mallon | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 09:56:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2014-09-02 | Kimberly Chambers | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:06:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2015-06-23 | Lucaz Kowaljek | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:49:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2015-07-22 | Graeme Lowe | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:27:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2015-07-24 | Vicky Miller | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:06:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2015-08-07 | Adrian Sarchet | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:13:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2015-08-07 | Rohan More | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:46:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2015-08-11 | Ion Lazarenco Tiron | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 16:23:45 | Brian Meharg |
| 2015-09-09 | Thomas Pembroke | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:10:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-07-14 | Andrew McLaughlin | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:21:00 | Pádraig Mallon/Charles Stewart |
| 2016-07-14 | Cameron Bellamy | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:22:03 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-07-31 | Rachel Doyle | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:14:03 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-08-01 | Caroline Block | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:31:53 | Charles Stewart/Pádraig Mallon |
| 2016-08-14 | Phia Steyn | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:36:03 | Brian Meharg |
| 2016-08-14 | Keith Garry | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 09:57:28 | Richard Lafferty/Pádraig Mallon |
| 2016-08-14 | Steve Walker | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:19:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-08-24 | Pat Gallant Charette | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:22:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-08-25 | Edward Williams | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:58:04 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2016-08-28 | Andre Wiersig | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:17:02 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2017-07-05 | Carmel Collins | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:55:21 | Charles Stewart |
| 2017-07-06 | Simon Olliver | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:56:00 | Brian Meharg |
| 2017-07-06 | Herman Van Der Westhuigen | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:30:37 | Charles Stewart |
| 2017-07-07 | Jonathan Ratcliffe | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:41:03 | Charles Stewart |
| 2017-07-17 | Lynton Mortensen | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:49:17 | Charles Stewart/Pádraig Mallon |
| 2017-08-03 | Antonio Arguelles | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:32:32 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2017-08-04 | Caroline Block | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:32:25 | Pádraig Mallon/Charles Stewart |
| 2017-08-16 | Abhejali Bernardova | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:23:38 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2017-08-30 | Matthias Kassner | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:24:00 | Pádraig Mallon/Charles Stewart |
| 2017-08-30 | Dean Summers | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:07:35 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2017-09-01 | Christopher Judge | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:32:39 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2018-06-25 | Nicholas Murch | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:48:57 | Pádraig Mallon/Charles Stewart |
| 2018-07-06 | Caroline Block | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 16:46:06 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-07-21 | Marcia Cleveland | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 15:03:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2018-07-22 | Amy Gubser | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:10:00 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-08-04 | Prabhat Koli | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:41:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2018-08-04 | Kieron Palfarman | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:18:00 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-08-05 | Jaroslav Chytil | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 16:04:00 | Charles Stewart |
| 2018-08-20 | Mariel Hawley | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:15:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2018-08-20 | Jenny Smith | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:06:00 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-09-04 | Ryan Utsumi | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:34:00 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-09-05 | Rachael Elkaim | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:32:00 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2018-09-05 | Nora Toledano Cadena | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:26:00 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2018-09-05 | Marty Filipowski | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:26:00 | Charles Stewart |
| 2019-06-25 | Catherine Breed | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:06:39 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-07-11 | Susan Knight | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:42:01 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-07-29 | Kamil Resa Alsaran | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:55:37 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-08-08 | Arleen Gonzales | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:53:59 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2019-08-08 | Sam Poulsen | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:12:18 | Brian Meharg |
| 2019-08-08 | Joe Zemaitis | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 10:48:38 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-08-13 | Martyn Webster | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:12:03 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2019-08-13 | Julieanne Goode | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:26:09 | Richard Lafferty |
| 2019-08-13 | Caroline Block | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:39:11 | Charles Stewart |
| 2019-08-13 | John Zemaitis | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:03:19 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-08-13 | David Conradie | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:12:03 | Jack Boyle/David Henry |
| 2019-08-25 | Elizabeth Fry | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:13:11 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2019-08-25 | Anna Strachan | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 11:14:42 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-08-25 | John Haughton | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 13:12:39 | Charles Stewart |
| 2019-08-26 | Jorge Criviles Villanueva | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:54:57 | Quinton Nelson |
| 2019-08-26 | Pierre Lord | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:41:18 | Jack Boyle/David Henry |
| 2019-08-26 | Attila Manyoki | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 12:11:02 | Pádraig Mallon |
| 2019-09-08 | Zach Margolis | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 14:24:32 | Jack Boyle/Tim Griffin |
| 2021-07-01 | Lauren Lesyna | 1 | Ireland to Scotland | 16:14:37 | Ian Conroy/Pádraig Mallon |