Big Thanks to Dive Shack

Top this off and we have 90% ! great!!!

Just to say big thanks to dive shack who kindly helped with the tec side of thing by giving the cylinders and O2,
the day of the dive can see me running round Rita's shop filling and mixing my deco cylinders,

so what do we have here!!!

Hmmm a whip?? here we go!!!

Ok this is 50% perfect mix!! next ones!!

The record is over!!!

Unfortunately we had technical problems 33 hours into the dive and finished with dive time of 35 hours and 20 min, but what can we do but celebrate that every one came out of the record, in a way thankfully coming out of the water early i was able to watch a storm come in over the dive site and it didn't look nice,
So tonight nordic+ paceville is holding world record party to build the spirits up for the re attempt of the 2 record hura!! hura!! photos to follow with this blog soon!!!!!

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urgent suport divers

support divers needed urgently must have advanced open water please contact if you can help

Dive Day 2 - 11pm

Over half-way to the record - Sean has put on another wetsuit and has been sleeping on and off for a few hours now.

Dive Day 2 - 9.40pm

starting to get more support divers.....but still need more.

Dive day 2 - 9pm

Still need support divers urgent -please contact us if you can help in any way or know anyone who can (must be advanced open water qualified)

Dive Day 2 - 8.20pm

We need support divers urgently -anyone qualified please come down to Watercolours Dive School as soon as possible with qualification papers. Please contact us if you can help.

Dive day 7.30pm

seans still in good spirits still determined to carry on, had to change suit due to a few problems but is all ok now. extra hot drinks going down throughout the night to help keep him warm.
will keep you updated through the night on how he is doing.

dive day 3.30pm

Sean is still in good spirits - more hot and cold drinks taken down by the support divers - sends his thanks for all the good luck messages.

Dive day 11.45am - 15 1/2 hours into the record dive

Sean still doing well - energy drinks just been taken down to him - sense of humour still there - quick swim around for exercise

Dive day 8am

Unfortunately due to a technical fault with the camera we are unable to continue the live streaming of this event.  We apologise for this and hope you continue to follow the updates on facebook and this blogspot

dive day 2.30am

 We are having a few technical difficulties with the camera at the moment but as soon as we sort out the problems we will start streaming live again

dive day 02.00

hi all we have just been handed comms from sean he has asked us to say thankyou for all the best wishes messages and comments on here, he hope that you will keep communicating with him throughtout the dive and hopes that you will all be at the after record party to see him.

dive day

Support divers on there way down now to bring him his soup and full face mask.

nearly midnight

Coming up for midnight and Sean has been in the water for nearly 4 hours the live stream is up and running nicely now i know a lot of people are trying to work out what they are seeing but due to the fact it is dark in the water you will only really see the plankton and night life in front of the camera.

dive day

11.25 sean will soon be having a chicken cupa soup

Dive day - 11pm

Ustream link

www.ustream.tv/channel/gwr-sept-2011-longest-open-sea-dive-55hours

Please feel free to follow the whole dive on the link above

dive day

10.45pm Sean has been down now for 2 1/2 hours - all is going well - more support divers have arrived - will be sending messages soon

Passing the time away!!

Now less than 4 hours till the dive Safety team have started to turn up now and leave their kit on site some of the 1st watch are tucked away in their beds looking at long night ahead while some are in the water placing the final markers and lines in place.
The cctv will be in place around 6pm, canteen kids are sorted they know when to make soup tea coffee....so this will be now my last blog i will be writing so i will hand over to the team....talk to you all later........ 
8 PM Watercolours sliema, Waterpolo pitch......

31 HOURS to gooo!!!!!!

31 Hours to go and you can hear the nerves around the school crackling with excitement, our IT guy has had few problems but back on track today..... the USTREAM site were we will be streaming from live will be updated later today for people to log in and watch...

Every one running round like busy bees get markers sorted and under water lines to base as well...... not a lot for me to do now, and every one is ready.....

Nordic+ Malta will be hold a party Tuesday night  starting at 22.00hrs in paceville 'WORLD RECORD
PARTY'

4 Days to go!!!

This time on Saturday night will see me go back in the water for 55 hours,total dive time has been extented slightly by 1 hour, to wish my dear Mother if she was still with us happy Birthday she would have been 60 over the weekend this is for you mum!!!!!!

Now back to work.....deco plans have been printed so there will be plenty to had around the divers,open water divers will be visiting the reef over the weekend along with 26 safety divers involved in the event,Thanks guys some of you have been with me since day 1, i take my hat off to you guys as i know i am not easy to work with some times but we all pulled through.

Many thanks to all the sponsors in advance once again, i have been give some wounder full dive kit for you all from thermal suits to wings torches ect the list goes on but Big thanks to Watercolours who will be supplying all the cylinders  for the dive along with their school as land base for the event, Sliema pitch restaurant who will turn thier place in to sleeping quarters and recording studio for the event so every one is welcome to come down and watch 24 hours a day for the event come down even if you don't dive talk to the team give some support.....

 Salpa sub and hollis for the Dive equipment, and uwatec scuba systems for dive computers and programs for the dive along with markers,M&A diving for torches underwater lighting....

Along with Nordic+ paceville for backing me 2nd time and holding all the meeting and after party for every one!!! This one could get messy!!!!!! What do you think Mike & Jimmy!!!The whole event is for Psoriasis Foundation, to raise money for skin research to find out what cause it and how best to cure it, so please find time to go to the web page and make small donation... every little counts!!!!!

6 days to go!!!!

Less than week to go are we ready!!! and we going to do it hell yeah!!!!

Along with many of the sponsers involed one is Lavacore 'exposure over jacket, and let me say it fits like a glove and keeps you cool kitting up but mostt important it keeps me warm on all my dive from 10 min to well lets say i havet got cold yet wearing it!!!!lol

O'three dry suit will be use again along with the O'three HUV which i still think is the best thing in the world!!!!along with the APV which with out would make the dive alot harder!!

As for the main Sponser Hollis/ Salpa sub Malta for the Hollis SMS100 wing it is the most comfortable wing even out of the water wearing cylinders that i have tried to date, as for the regulators great breath in any position

Along with special thanks to all the team at Watercolours diving center Sliema  for there support during the record and all the safety divers involved.

NOW HOW LONG DID YOU SAY I HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR!!!!!

9 DAYS TO GO !!!!

9 Days to go and all going well, today seen us in the water placing the 1st base marker, on the edge of a tunnel at 11 meter the far end of tunnel is 13, so with any hope should we need to shelter out of any currents we have several back up plans.

The water polo pitch in sliema on the same grounds of watercolours has agreed to stay open for any one wishing to pop along have drink and meet the crew and see what goes on around the school and the whole planning gone into this record!!!! Special Thanks to Water colours diving center, sliema.
Please find todays local paper the independent have a read!!lol
independent.com.mt

 Now that's what you call looking up!!!!!

IN FULL DIVE GEAR ......

The last of all the kit has arrived!!! the last of the teams have arrived from the uk, Now its time to work Mark Warwick is in charge of IT and internet streaming of the event as well as streaming live coms over the net tomorrow that will be his job to set up, sorry mate you can still get wet after you finished...lol

 JUST GEARING UP TO GET IN THE WATER WITH O'THREE AND HOLLIS.

 FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO WING.

Big thanks to all the safety divers involved in day to day training as well as the main dive event.

Safety diver meeting...

Big thanks to every one that turned up last night at the meeting i know their was lots of people watching and asking questions and the biggest question was 'Can i try it on??' or 'how do you eat' well most of you now know!!!!!!

As for the kit itself the hollis sms100 was the most sought after item i had its light and all round wing side mount built but will take twin set as well as standard single back mount.
As the next 10 days approach to the record we will see more training now.....

 Some of the safety team were really happy to try on the wing and see how good and light it was compared to other wings on the market.

 After  the meeting every one headed to the bar for drinks and to party as after tonight its only air and more air i will be drinking till the 27th were Nordic will be holding the world record party!!!!!!wow

Jimmy Hansson the bar owner trying on the kit for the 1st time and he was impressed as a non diver(till now)Once again thanks to Nordic+ for holding the meeting and orginizing the party and  Hollis and Salpa sub for the dive kit for this next big record!!!!

16 DAYS TO GO

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in this record from my sponsors to my safety divers who will be looking after my well being during this record. I would also like to say big thanks to Jason Fabri for his support in the past and present along with his team from Water Colours Diving Center, Would also like to say big thanks to Mike Tabone  and the Nordic+ bar Team, Paceville for helping back the event along with celebration party , The event is to also raise money for the Psoriasis Association, this can also be done by going to the web page (www.seanmcgahern.co.uk), were their is a  link for just giving.

The aim of this record is to break the warm water open sea scuba dive that stands at 51 hours and 10minutes. The dive depth will be approx 11 meters, our dive time aim is 55 hours, due to  the time spent in the water, all deco times have been calculated at a depth 13 meters, Deco plans will be attached, feel free to comment on anything you are not sure about, all deco plans run from 3 hours into the dive with plans every 1 hour 30 min, should the dive be cancelled for any reason the next deco plan will be used always round up not down....

All divers and safety teams involved in the event will get a certificate to verify involvement that will be counter signed by Water Colours Diving and myself, we will also have safety diver tracking sheet that will be sent to GWR so please bring your dive card on the day, and we will have emergency contact list with next of kin. Unless you are deco trained do not enter deco we are not responsible for you dive times, but we will be keeping a check on diver in-out times.  

We are planning, weather permitting, to start the dive at midnight on the 24^th sept. to complete the 55 hour dive with deco we will have total dive time of 57 hours 25 min (3450 min). I will be using a side mount configuration so I will be able to change out of cylinders more easily than changing over a full twin set, however there will be a twin set configuration on the dive base as a final bail out should it be needed, I estimate to use approx 52 cylinders plus twin set (back-up), gasses air (21%), 50%O2, 100%O2.

 All safety divers to wear their standard dive kit, if diving at night please have at least 2 torches. Two safety divers  must remain with me at all times, unless on change over, Land to dive base will have 2 lines running 1 along the surface attached to a buoy, then down to dive base the other line will follow the contour on the sea floor. Should you be running out of bottom time there will be an underwater CCTV being constantly be monitored and recorded for safety and for later training, you will only need to notify the surface from the camera 10 min in advance to ensure the next team will be ready to enter the water, the surface team will be watching your dive time so at least 10min before the end of your dive the next team will be ready to enter, we are asking the dive teams to have a dive time of 45 min each as min dive time, each team will bring with them a side stage for me during the event this will normally be 10ltr air(21%), as I finish with the cylinders they can then be taken back to the surface for refilling, along with all the safety and back up cylinders the deco cylinders of 50% and 100% O2 will be brought down to the dive base ready, so when the dive is finished and we start moving away from the sea bed we would have no cylinders to chase around the sea bed as I am sure after 57 hours at 11-12 meters  everyone will be cold and tiered from the event, so let’s keep it SIMPLE and I am sure we will come out on Top.

Thanks to everyone in advance....

              

Cameras being used at the event-

Cannon- G10/G11 , Pixtreame- external flash ,Cannon- DVC/Ikelite digital housing, Insun- underwater cctv(100 meters depth), dvr  500gb hard drive recorder.

Dive Kit-

Uwatec/Scuba pro- Galileo Sol *2,Digital 330 dive timer, O’three- msf 500 dry suit(double cuff seals), Extreme under suit, advanced pee valve system, Double element heated vest, Hollis SMS 100,212 second stages with DC1 regs, Bat fin. Custom Divers- Bravo wing system(back up), he wee system, battery pack supply, Apeks- Tek 3 set, xtx regulators. Aqua Lung- Legend regulator set (back up), sling shot fins, masks, semi-dry gloves. Fami- helmet light, led back up*2, Intov-white light back up. Dive Rite- side mount clips 12”.

Nordic+

https://www.facebook.com/Nordicplus

THE PLACE TO BE!!!!!

Lets get wet !!!!!!

Hollis

As we move closer to the date more kit is turning up for final checks,glad to say the new holis wing and regs are great sms100 212/dc1 reg along with oceanic who will be joining us on this next adventure!!!! Photos of kit will follow shortly!!!!

Last min adjustments before we leave the uk!!!

Well may is here as we plan yet another record later this year as some people are aware this record is to break and better my old record making the new record of 55 hours at the same time swimming up and down the island to claim the longest distance swam under water with out returning to the surface, Along with me doing the event  will be strong back up team from civil protection divers some have been with me from the beginning of this record fever in 2008, Helping me along the way with the record Apeks/ Aqua lung / Custom Divers / Uwatec / Fami / O'Three  along with MTA Malta Tourism Authority helping with advertizing / Cartridge World  does the finer details in the printing area,

Azure Diving & Watersports Magazine Malta

This magazine is not just aimed at the diving community, but at everyone who loves water, it reflects on every thing good about Malta and Gozo, from diving to sea kayaking and even down to traditional Maltese fishing, restaurant reviews, divesites around Malta and Gozo.

  Available in Malta airport,Mta offices, dive schools across Malta and Gozo, and soon to be on the net!!!

For more information on Azure contact- Editor  Gary Manders on azure@runbox.com Tel- 0035679264282  or TD Editor Sean Mcgahern seanmcgahern.co.uk  Tel- 00447789152167

Soon to be updated

In febuary we have a cold water record, this record is for charity to raise funds for Psoriasis skin disorder,on the links you can find out more information  about the sponsers and  record attempts being done,