Nice photos and good to hear you are swimming the distance, lots of points to all, well done.
The Arena Santa Marias I bought arrived in an Amazon package and when I opened it I was disappointed in what I saw. The navy swim briefs had a hint of grey in their colour and the light blue Arena logo didn't stand out making them discreet rather than shouting for attention. Trying them on they fitted well with a slight pouch effect holding me nicely but they again felt discreet rather than amazing.
At the pool when I started to tie the waist cord as I tightened the half reef knot I discovered there was already a half knot there and the strings locked. I tied the bows on top of this and got in the water. Slightly loose the rear of the suit started dragging down my ass displaying the white label inside and disappointing me. I stopped and untied the string underwater then tied a tight bow properly. When I started swimming again the Santa Marias suit just felt amazing, almost as if it were not there or a part of me giving me free movement and minimal drag.
I'll try and get some photos when I go to the beach, this suit has to be seen wet. For now here's the photos from the Amazon listing:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1