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From \u201cSW Fla. group helps swimmer reach goal<\/a>,\u201d by Mike Braun, The News-Press, 5 Sep 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mike Braun\u2019s article \u201cSW Fla. group helps swimmer reach goal<\/a>\u201d appeared in the News-Press of South Lee\/North Naples on September 5, 2013, during the interlude between the end of Nyad\u2019s crossing on the 2nd and the infamous conference call<\/a> on the 10th. You can also find the article on USA Today\u2019s site under a different title: \u201cFlorida kayakers help swimmer Nyad reach historic goal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyad\u2019s crew had gotten their stories and their currents straight by the 10th.<\/p>\n

But not so by the 5th.
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In Braun’s article, John Bartlett, Nyad\u2019s navigator, all but declares that there was no magic current hurtling north. Nyad\u2019s crew and supporters cite such a current as the reason that she sometimes moved more than three times faster than her normal speed and that she walked ashore in Florida far sooner than anyone imagined possible.<\/p>\n

According to the article,<\/p>\n

Bartlett, a boat designer and builder, said his biggest challenge during the voyage was keeping on course going so slow.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Nyad] was swimming about 1 mile per hour and the current was going 4 miles per hour, sideways,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, no constant eddies drove Nyad north. Bartlett had to contend with the normal eastbound flow of the Gulf Stream. To counter that,<\/p>\n

\u2026[h]e had to use a vectoring method called crabbing to stay the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d steer in one direction and combined with the current to go in a different direction,\u201d he said. \u201cWe actually steered due west to to go north at one point. The course would change all the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s Elke Thuerling, Bartlett\u2019s partner and one of Nyad\u2019s kayakers. She increases Nyad\u2019s speed a tad but otherwise reinforces the above statements:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was challenging,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re going a knot and a half [about 1.7 mph] it is tough to go that slow and stay safe being right next to her (Nyad).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

One final note: Bartlett often left the helm, entrusting the complicated navigation to others.<\/p>\n

Bartlett said he worked on for 24 hours and then took catnaps, keeping an eye on the instruments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to observer Janet Hinkle, the crew even had a nickname for him:<\/p>\n

Sat. 1:12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Navigator resting. At this time, crew refers to him as \u201cthe napigator.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But wait \u2014 Hinkle wrote that a little over four hours into the swim. In the same log entry, Hinkle indicated that someone else was driving the boat.<\/p>\n

So was it 4 or 24? Was it north or east? Was it\u00a0 90% or 95 or 99<\/a>. Neptune only knows.<\/p>\n

But it doesn\u2019t matter. We can still show that Diana must have cheated, even if we assume that she had the Best. Current. Ever.<\/p>\n

So stay tuned for \u201cAttachment Disorder,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>coming soon to the Diana Nyad Fact Check Annex<\/a>. Here\u2019s a preview (click images for full-sized versions):<\/p>\n

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Nyad somewhere between two and five miles out from Key West on 2 Sep 2013. (Andy Newman, AP Photo\/Florida Keys News Bureau.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Details from photo, left, showing a possible tow line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

I have a theory about how Diana may have caught a ride during her Cuba-Florida crossing. Over the next month or so, I’ll make a case in support of that theory. 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