Tim Grimes completed the gruelling 31-mile challenge in 13 hours and 27 minutes - raising £2,500.
The cash will go to the Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) charity, which helps sufferers of a condition that causes an abnormal increase in heart rate after sitting up or standing up and can be life-altering and debilitating.
The director of Ivybridge-based civil, structural, geotechnical and environmental engineering consultancy John Grimes Partnership revealed that the swim was one of the biggest endeavours he had ever undertaken.
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