Jacques Tuset swims in Boston Harbor, Stan Grossfeld for the Boston Globe, August 2026

Bostonglobe.com home page, August 18, 2021, featuring BLS 3rd place finisher Laurie Craigen.

Increased Open Water Swimming Restrictions Proposed in the Commonwealth

WCVB broadcast, July 3, 2021: Many open water swimmers not on board with Walden Pond limits

GBH, July 5, 2021: Legislators Push to Reopen Walden Pond to Open Water Swimmers

NBC10 Boston, July 7, 2021: Swimming Ban Coming Down at Walden Pond

Boston.com, July 7, 2021: Following backlash, state to lift Walden Pond swimming ban on Friday

MOWSA and BLS In the News

Dorchester Reporter: 8-Mile Harbor Swim Poses No Problem for Dot's Molly Ryan

Boston Globe: Former Weston High All-American Eric Nilsson Still a Master of His Stroke

SwimSwam: Palfrey Wins 2015 Boston Light Swim

Boston Globe: Swimmers Conquer 20 Miles from Plymouth to Provincetown

Boston Globe: Mancuso Wins

WBUR: Looking Out: In the Light Swim, Water Buffalo Rise

Newburyport News: A Channel to Challenge

Banner photo by Elaine K. Howley