Role in preparation and training
Crossing operations: boat handling, course and tide timing across the outbound and return legs, and the safety routine around the swimmer at sea.
Meet the full team
Portrait pending approval
No photograph of another person is used in his place. The portrait will be published once the team approves it.
Role in the mission
Captain Khaled Shalaby
Pilot and crossing operations
Pilot and technical director of the 2014 attempt, according to the project file.
According to the project file, Captain Khaled Shalaby was pilot and technical director for the 2014 attempt and has long experience of English Channel crossings. His profile is published in outline only: no crossing count, ranking or official title is stated until the project team approves the full biography. In the coming attempt, operations of this kind cover the pilot boat, the course line across two legs, tide timing at the French turn, and the observation and safety routine at sea.
Information supplied by the project team, pending independent verification.
Previous achievements and championships
Long experience in English Channel crossings according to the project file. No crossing count or official title is published until the biography is approved.
Why this role matters to the mission
On a two-way attempt the boat decides as much as the swimmer: where the line runs, when the turn happens, and when the swim must stop.
Sources
Information supplied by the project team, pending independent verification.