Annual Swim Around Key West - Each year a group of die-hard ocean swimmers swim a circle around the actual island of Key West, competing for prizes or just to finish. The event is carefully coordinated to emphasize safety, and all entrants must have an accompanying boat or kayak. There's a celebratory dinner after the last swimmer finishes and the year's winner gets his or her name printed on that year's T-shirt. It's a total of twelve and a half miles starting and ending at Smather’s Beach on South Roosevelt at the Bertha Street Boat Ramp. |