World Record - Gigi Casati Reaches -205 with Voyager Rebreather - Vrelo Cave Croatia

GiBi · 3rd August 2007, 08:49

Gigi Casati team announcement. Vrelo cave at Une springs Croatia expedition

The 31st of July with a dive begun at 12:20 and ended at 17:15 in the Vrelo cave at the springs of the river Une in Croatia.

Gigi Casati (Lecco Italy) has reached -205 meters setting a new world record for cold water (Around 9-10 C) rebreather cave diving. Total penetration has been around 280 meters.

The Vrelo cave after this exploration is now the deepest spring cave in the Balcans.

In the dive Gigi Casati was using an Aquatek VOYAGER rebreather and a bail-out open circuit decompression line with different gas mixes.

The team was composed by:
Alan Kovacevic (Priliminary reconesance) , Alen Milosevic, Alessandro Fantini, JJ Bolanz (topo), Lorenzo Del Veneziano (photos), Luigi Casati, and Tihomir Kovacevic with his club DDISKF.

Sponsors:
Coltri, Giosub, LMNT, Parisi, Utengas.

The expedition will have a total duration of 10 days and is still ongoing while I post this news.

GiBi - Verona Italy

Mikel-Deko · 3rd August 2007, 09:27

WHAT A NICE SCENARY

Congratulations for all the team...

PnL · 3rd August 2007, 15:29

Wow, that is a beautiful area.

Please post more details of the expedition once you have it.

Mdemon · 3rd August 2007, 16:42

Great stuff! Looking forward to hearing more.

(Was Dave Shaw's dive classed as warm water then?)

tibby · 3rd August 2007, 18:41

Beautiful! Looking forward to reading the expedition report.
Tibby

Andre · 4th August 2007, 12:43

Congrat Gigi. Great dive. Hope to see you again at the Elefante next winter.

André

db8us · 5th August 2007, 05:40

Great.

Now please some survey and profile data etc.
Just doing it for the record would be boring...

Regards from India
Michael

**Steve** · 5th August 2007, 08:52

What was the temp of the water for Jerome's deep stuff?

decoweenie · 5th August 2007, 09:33

Quote: (Originally Posted by Steve)

What was the temp of the water for Jerome's deep stuff?

In general, the French caves I dived are around 12C.

No idea what temp it might be at the depth JM dived to, a guess is probably somewhere between 10-12C at depth...

DrJM · 5th August 2007, 16:04

Quote: (Originally Posted by Steve)

What was the temp of the water for Jerome's deep stuff?

Jerome's stuff

Font d'Estramar last week -191m = 19 deg celcius

Port Miou -172m = 18 deg celcius, 20 on deco

all the other ones like St Sauveur 13 deg

I don't do below 13

I'm too old for that

Congrats to Gigi and his team, I hope they had a habitat if not Double congrat

J

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GiBi New Member Current Rebreather/s: RB80 / Clone Other Rebreather/s: RB80 / Clone Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 22	World Record - Gigi Casati Reaches -205 with Voyager Rebreather - Vrelo Cave Croatia Gigi Casati team announcement. Vrelo cave at Une springs Croatia expedition The 31st of July with a dive begun at 12:20 and ended at 17:15 in the Vrelo cave at the springs of the river Une in Croatia. Gigi Casati (Lecco Italy) has reached -205 meters setting a new world record for cold water (Around 9-10 C) rebreather cave diving. Total penetration has been around 280 meters. The Vrelo cave after this exploration is now the deepest spring cave in the Balcans. In the dive Gigi Casati was using an Aquatek VOYAGER rebreather and a bail-out open circuit decompression line with different gas mixes. The team was composed by: Alan Kovacevic (Priliminary reconesance) , Alen Milosevic, Alessandro Fantini, JJ Bolanz (topo), Lorenzo Del Veneziano (photos), Luigi Casati, and Tihomir Kovacevic with his club DDISKF. Sponsors: Coltri, Giosub, LMNT, Parisi, Utengas. The expedition will have a total duration of 10 days and is still ongoing while I post this news. GiBi - Verona Italy
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