Ben Lecomte’s epic swim from Japan to California, buoyed by San Pedro’s AltaSea, ends shy of the finish line

In the end, due to harsh weather that severely damaged the mission’s escort boat and equipment, Ben Lecomte’s Longest Swim across the Pacific Ocean ended shy of its goal this week.
“This is not what I had visualized, my dream and goal were different,” the 51-year-old Paris-born swimmer wrote in his daily online log after arriving in Hawaii. “Not everything turned the way I wanted but we all made it safely back on land and we kept focusing on our overall mission: col