Suex sponsors the AQUOREA PROJECT 2008-2010.
http://www.traversatadellago.it/il_team.html

The main target of this project is to cover long underwater distances appplying the latest techinical diving tecniques.
The first event has been a success!!

REPORT #1

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Monday June 23, 2008

SUMMARY:
Heading : 100°
Distance: 9 Km - 5 nautical miles
Gas 15.000 free liters each burn time scooter 600 minutes: 300 per diver
Max depth 20 mt/70 feet
Pit stops : 8 - 5 min. each : swap scooters, switch stages, hydrate & relax 

CONDITIONS :
Psycological : Excellent
Physical : Excellent
Weather : Excellent - no wind
Viz : low to good
Dangers: Entanglement with fishing nets 

CONSIDERATIONS:
Suex scooters Zeuxo ADV43 and ADV33 performed grea the entire dive! We swapped scooters at 1 hour instead of “standard” 30 minutes.  The ADV42 were used 3 times and ADV33 2 times.  At the end of the dive the burn tesitng provided the following data:  ADV42 - 19minutes burn time (1km range – 0.54 NMiles)ADV33 21minutes burn time (1km ranhe – 0.54 Nmiles)

LAKE CONDITIONS:
Clean : no pollution observed
Viz : Normal for the season  
Large pikes (Exos Lucius) observed
Water temperature : surface 21C° (70F) at depth 14 C° (57F)

COMPASS :
SCUBAPRO UWATEC Galileo Terra e Sol (performed great throughout the traverser)

PRIMARY AND BACK-UP LIGHTS: SALVO 21 WATT
5 hours burn time. Working after 5 hours.

ARRIVED AT ANGUILLARA AFTER 5 HOURS AND 2 MINUTES
of UNDERWATER COMPASS NAVIGATION

Special thanks to all and in particular to :- SUEX and Marco Segatto

Alessandro Fenu and Nick Toussaint for their participation in the event
HYDRA Ricerche di Andrea Balestri and his staff for his  support- EDP: Gianluca Rossi ,Nicco, Daniele Cannella, Massimiliano Pierro, Andrea Zancolla and Tiziana Abbruzzese

Thanks to:  C.I.R. Dott. Costanzo, Dottoressa Valente, Dott. Pietro Marchese and all Doctors and Professors
118 and Protezione Civile Grazie- to all people who helped Hugs and kisses to Barbara and Micol for their patience J

AEQUOREA Project keep on going!! We’ll complete the circumnavigation of Bracciano Lake !