Simon Charlton. In 2009 and 2010, Sealand sent teams to play in various ultimate frisbee club tournaments in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands. They came 11th at UK nationals in 2010. On 22 May 2013, the mountaineer Kenton Cool placed a Sealand flag at the summit of Mount Everest. In 2015, the runner Simon Messenger ran a half-marathon on Sealand as part of his "round the world in 80 runs" challenge. In August 2018, competitive swimmer Richard Royal became the first person to swim the from Sealand to the mainland, finishing in 3 hrs 29 mins. Royal visited the platform before the swim, getting his passport stamped. He entered the water from the bosun's chair, signaling the start of the swim, and finished on Felixstowe beach. Royal was subsequently awarded a Sealand Knighthood by Michael Bates. An American football team named the Sealand Seahawks were formed in 2021, announcing a game in Ireland against the South Dublin Panthers on 19 February 2022. The Seahawks won the game 42–13. In September 2022, The Seahawks took several teams to Montpellier, France to play against the France Royal Roosters, whereas a veteran team took on the Servals de Clermont-Ferrand. References Further reading Cogliati-Bantz, Vincent. "My Platform, My State: the Principality of Sealand in International Law" (2012) 18 (3) Journal of International Maritime Law 227–250 Connelly, Charlie. Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecast, Abacus, 2005. . Conroy, Matthew. "Note: Sealand – The Next New Haven?" Suffolk Transnational Law Review, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 127–152. Winter 2003. ISSN 1072-8546. Issue table of contents page . Fogle, Ben. Offshore: In Search of an Island of My Own, Penguin Books, 2007. . Garfinkel, Simson. "Welcome to Sealand. Now Bugger Off ". Wired. July 2000. Vol. 8.07. Gilmour, Kim. "Sealand: Wish You Were Here? " Internet Magazine. August 2002. Goldsmith, Jack, & Wu, Tim. Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World, 2006, . Grimmelmann, James. "Sealand, HavenCo, and the Rule of Law" , March 2012, University of Illinois Law Review, Volume 2012, Number 2 "License Plates of Sealand (Great Britain)". License plates of the world. Web. 28 December 2009. Menefee, Samuel Pyeatt. "Republics of the Reefs: Nation-Building on the Continental Shelf and in the World's Oceans". California Western International Law Journal, vol. 25, no. 1. Fall 1994. Miller, Marjorie, & Boudreaux, Richard. "A Nation for Friend and Faux". Los Angeles