Downstream

skipper would be Stuart
Silcock, a qualified Offshore
Yachtmaster, and Peter would
be supported on board by at
least three crew, one of whom
would be ‘dedicated to
monitoring and supporting
the swimmer’. Both the local
Coast Guard (Shoebury) and
RNLI (Southend Pier) would
be fully informed before and
during the swim and ‘while
the traffic in the Sea Reach
should be minimal on the