After 15 years in the pool, I’ve narrowed my gear down to the absolute essentials. These are the workhorse products I pack for every workout.

Prepare for a bold statement: Embracing the polyester sun shirt while raft-guiding in 2002 was the single biggest “gear level ...

Unless you’re planning on swimming the Channel under traditional rules – which which only allows a simple swimsuit for protection – then there’s no reason not to layer up come the colder months.Along ...