New World Record
Well, If you have not heard yet, I went down on Sept. 14th to start my world record attempt, and did not surface until Sept. 16th setting the New World Record for the longest saltwater scuba dive at 48 Hours 2 Minutes. You can find videos and pictured on my website www.worldrecordscuba.com or a Google search for Robert Silva scuba will provide a lot of the newspaper articles that were written during my stay in Belize. The record attempt was done as a fundraiser for The American Cancer Society. I...
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Less than a week to Record Attempt.
It is now less than a week to my World Record Attempt. Everything is ready to go. Tricia , Member on here is part of my team, and arrived on the Island a few days ago, and has reported the diving has been very good. B y this time next week I should be at least half way through the attempt. I will try to report back after the attempt from the Island to let everyone know how things went....
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Win a Cruise Help a great cause
Blackbeards Cruises has donated a week long scuba cruise or my American Cancer society fundraiser. The drawing date is this Friday June 5th so get your tickets while there is still time. The whole ticket price goes to the American Cancer Society. $5 Each Tickets can be purchased online at http://worldrecordscuba.com/raffle.html Cruise Details Gift Certificate for 1 weeklong cruise Aboard Blackbeard’s Bahamas Cruise Does not Include Port Tax, Park fee and Crew tips 21 day booking restriction appl...
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Win a Cruise Help a great cause
Blackbeard’s Cruises has donated a week long Bahamas Scuba cruise to my American Cancer Society fundraiser. This trip is being raffled off with the proceeds being donated to The American Cancer Society. Please check http://www.worldrecordscuba.com/raffle.html for details on the raffle....
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Interview On Scuba Radio
During my time at OWU 2009 I was interviewed by Greg the Divemaster from scubaradio.com . That interview is now online. My interview is one of the last interviews done on the first hour of the Feb. 28th broadcast. Check it out. They plan to be at Haigh Quarry on my surface date of my world record attempt to do another post event interview. http://www.scubaradio.com/audio/2-28-09/SR_2-28-09_HOUR1.mp3...
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Win a Liveaboard Cruise
For those following my World Record Attempt, Something new has come up. Blackbeard’s Cruises has donated a Week Long Scuba Cruise to be raffled off for my American Cancer Society fundraiser. More details to follow as I set up the raffle. This Scuba Cruise is a $900 value and one lucky winner will be taking this trip while helping a great cause....
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World Record Attempt Update
As I know some here are following the progress to my World Record attempt, I wanted to post a little update. I got news today that I will have another sponsor for my attempt. ReefNet has contacted me today to let me know they will be providing me with a Sensus Ultra Dive recorder. This piece of gear will be able to record the dive profile in 1 minute resolution for up to 150 hours. This kind of data will be great to provide to Guinness for a piece of proof of the dive. This sponsor has come as p...
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Our World Underwater
Our World Underwater 2009 was a great experience. I got my booth from a sponsor to promote my World Record Attempt, and got so much more out of it than I expected. I met some great people and got some great contacts to further help my world record attempt. I was surrounded by members of DiveBuddy.com and I must say there are some great and very talented people on DiveBuddy. There were four Divebuddy members in our section, and an empty booth right there so it was turned into a Divebuddy Booth...
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World Record Scuba Dive
World Record Scuba Dive Longest Fresh Water Dive Current Record 120 Hours Goal 144 Hours As some may have noticed, I will be making a world record attempt for the longest freshwater dive. I have been asked many times "Why try something like that?". It is been something I have wanted to do for a long time. I’ve researched it for a long time, and things in my life just kind of fell into place where I am now ready to do it. Every year I do a local American Cancer Society "Relay For Life". I am a te...
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