Pilot - Lance Oram

Lance Oram

Lance Oram - leo.services@icloud.com
Phone: +441843852858 - Mobile +447768837793

Lance has been escorting Channel Swimmers for over 20 years.

His escort boat is 'Sea Satin', a 36ft Dutch Steel flybridge motorcruiser. She has RYA/MCA Small Commercial Craft & Workboat registration: Class 2 (60 miles from safe haven).

Track Lance and Sea Satin on our live swim tracking page.

Lance on the Thames during the Great River Race

Sea Satin
Sea Satin
Sea Satin is the perfect escort boat for Channel swims
Sea Satin on calmer waters
Inside Sea Satin
From inside the cabin there is an excellent view of the swimmer in the water
Luxurious Sea Satin
Sea Satin has amble comfortable seating outside for your supporters or a relay team

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07 Dec 2025
CS&PF Annual Dinner 2026
Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation Annual Dinner 2026Saturday 14th March 2026Channel Suite - Leas Cliff Hall - FolkestoneHere we go again………………………………….This is your advance warning for the CS&PF Annual Dinner.Tickets will go on sale on the 2nd of January 2025. Full details will be advertised at www.cspf.co.uk, this is just giving you the time to get organised.Tickets are £50 person.Tickets will remain on sale until the 31st of January unless they sell out sooner. After that date I would only be able to refund any cancellations if I resell the ticket.To book your tickets please, for my sanity read the following carefully and only apply for tickets when you have ALL the information.Information required at the time of booking:The name of everyone in your party. If you wish to sit together, book together.Tables seat 10.If you are booking more than one table, please state who will be sat at which table.Dietary requirements – this cannot be accommodated on the night so must be supplied at the time of booking.Access requirements / special needs.The country you are travelling from if it is outside the UK.Swim stories to a maximum of 150 words for each 2025 season solo swimmer.Photos for each 2025 solo swimmer, and relay team in your party.Please name the file names the solo surname or relay name. ThanksMichelle Read more