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Tasmanian Pelagic trips: (Sea sickness) management

To: "McGowan, John" <>
Subject: Tasmanian Pelagic trips: (Sea sickness) management
From: "Evan Beaver" <>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:26:55 +1000
No, not at all, not even a hint of a joke. Alistair will no doubt wade
into this and defend me soon...

Eating is the key. And keep the fluids up.

EB

On 8/30/07, McGowan, John <> wrote:
>  Y'know just quietly reflecting on what Ev says and I reckon he could
> just have been jokin'
>
> John Mc
> Melbourne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Tony Russell
> Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2007 10:55 AM
> To: 'Evan Beaver'; 'Beth Symonds'
> Cc: 'Birding-aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Tasmanian Pelagic trips: (Sea sickness)
> management
>
> You've got to be joking Ev. If I did what you suggest in items 1-3 I'd
> be chucking before the boat was untied from the wharf.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Evan Beaver
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:25 AM
> To: Beth Symonds
> Cc: Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Tasmanian Pelagic trips: (Sea sickness)
> management
>
>
> After some rigourous experiments with Al, we can confidently state the
> keys to avoiding sea-sickness:
>
> 1. Have a big breakfast. Bacon and Eggs or similar 2. Bring lots of
> food, particularly cheesy/fatty things work well (cheese and bacon
> rolls, croissants, preferably savoury) 3. Drink tea and ginger beer
> constantly. You can't vomit while you're eating/drinking 4. Stand up
> often, walk around, and if you're feeling crook, get into the breeze and
> concentrate on looking out to the horizon and moving with the boat 5.
> See lots of interesting things. Sooty albatross or similar are excellent
> for staving off the blues 6. Fortify confidence with aged Whiskey. The
> older the better.
>
> Ev
>
> On 8/30/07, Beth Symonds <> wrote:
> > Hi Ian and Birding-Ausers,
> >
> > Apparently people with the best terrestrial balance are more affected
> > by motion sickness, as shown by a rather interesting (and perhaps
> > cruel) experiment conducted by NASA some time ago.
> >
> > They investigated which groups of athletes were more suceptible to
> > motion sickness when flying in the "Vomit Comet" - this is the KC135
> > airplane that oscillates in and out of the upper atmosphere, thus
> > simulating microgravity for short periods.  It is usually used for
> > training astronauts and conducting experiments that require
> > microgravitational conditions, and for this study, they sent up
> > different goups of athletes and recorded their responses to the shifts
>
> > into zero gravity.  The sickest of the lot turned out to be elite
> > gymnasts.
> >
> > I guess I must have missed my calling for the Australian Gym Team
> > because I get SO sick on pelagics...
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Beth Symonds
> > Brisbane
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/07, Ian May <> wrote:
> > >
> > > G'Day all
> > >
> > > I have enjoyed the recent discussion about pelagic birding.   For
> those
> > > affected by sea sickness, succumbing to the dreaded "Technicolor
> > > yawn" is not much fun. When one spends a bit of time at sea, you
> > > soon learn that sea sickness
> > > affects nearly everybody differently.   Interestingly, some people
> with
> > > the best terrestrial balance are often most prone to motion
> > > sickness. Have others observed this?
> > >
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