Tide by Kelsey R East

Tide Magazine was started by Miles Donnelly in 2005. we strive to provide you with great reading material as well as exciting adventures.

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Freeride: Boards meant for comfortable recreational cruising (mostly straight-line sailing and occasional turning) at planing speed (aka blasting), mainly in flat waters or in light to moderate swell.

A windsurfing sail is made of monofilm (clear polyester film), dacron (woven polyester) and mylar. Sensitive parts are reinforced with kevlar mesh. Two designs of a sail are predominant: camber induced and rotational. Cambered sails have 1-5 camber inducers, plastic devices at the ends of battens which cup against the mast. They help to hold a rigid aerofoil shape in the sail, better for speed and stability, but at the cost of maneuverability and generally how light and easy to use the sail feels. The trend is that racier sails have camber inducers while wave sails and most recreational sails do not.

Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a mast, wishbone boom and sail. The sail area ranges from less than 2.5 m2 to more than 12 m2 depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor and the type of windsurfing being undertaken. The history of windsurfing began in 1948 on the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, USA when Newman Darby invented the sailboard which incidentally, he did not patent.

Other famous names and near legends in the Austrian windsurfing sport are Mike Pucher, Bernie BrandstĂ¤tter, Thomas Miklautsch and Mike Eskimo. The Viennese Mike Pucher holds the Austrian 500m record in Speed surfing since 1993 with 42,78 knots and rightly carries the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power Mikeâ&#x20AC;?.

Formula Windsurfing Class: Shorter boards up to one meter in width, for use in Formula Windsurfing races. Freestyle boards: Related to wave boards in terms of maneuverability, these are wider, higher volume boards geared specifically at performing acrobatic tricks (jumps, rotations, slides, flips and loops) on flat water.

he researchers analyzed several different kinds of data. Even to these ecology-minded scientists, the results were an unpleasant surprise unfortunately. “I was shocked and disturbed by how consistent these trends are -- beyond anything we suspected,” Worm says in a news release. “This isn’t predicted to happen. This is happening now,” study researcher Nicola Beaumont, PhD, of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, U.K., says in a news release. “If biodiversity continues to decline, the marine environment will not be able to sustain our way of life. Indeed, it may not be able to sustain our lives at all,” Beaumont adds. Already, 29% of edible fish and seafood species have declined by 90% -- a drop that means the collapse of these fisheries. But the issue isn’t just having seafood on our plates. Ocean species filter toxins from the water. They protect shorelines. And they reduce the risks of algae blooms such as the red tide. “A large and increasing proportion of our population lives close to the coast; thus the loss of services such as

A teenage girl who sailed around the world unaided was greeted by

thousands of cheering supporters on her return home to Sydney today after her seven-month voyage. In her 30ft yacht, Ellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pink Lady, Jessica Watson, 16, crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey, which supporters claim makes her the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted.

“I’m completely overwhelmed. I just don’t know what to think and what to say at the moment,” Watson said in an interview broadcast live on a screen outside the Sydney Opera House. “It’s all a bit much but absolutely amazing.”. “She said she’d sail around the world, and she has,” her mother, Julie, said as she watched her daughter cruise past the finish line from a nearby boat. “She’s home.” The teenager’s feat will not be considered an official world record because the World Speed Sailing Record Council discontinued its “youngest” category, which was held by another Australian, Jesse Martin, after he completed the journey in 1999 at the age of 18. Although Watson sailed nearly

Kristina Keneally, who greeted her on her return home. Watson traveled north-east through the South Pacific and across the equator, south to Cape Horn at the tip of South America, across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa, through the Indian Ocean and around southern Australia.

23,000 nautical miles, some sailing enthusiasts have argued that she did not venture far enough north of the equator for her journey to count as a true round-the-world sail as defined by the record council’s rules. Watson’s managers have dismissed those claims and argued she doesn’t need to adhere to the council’s rules since they will not be recognising her voyage. Watson, from Buderim, north of Brisbane, in Queensland, sailed out of Sydney on 18 October amid fierce criticism of her parents for allowing her to attempt such a feat. Throughout her journey they stuck to the view that she was well prepared, noting that she has been sailing since she was eight. “I don’t think any of us would ever doubt Jessica Watson again,” said the premier of New South Wales,

The route took her through some of the world’s most treacherous waters, and she battled through huge storms and suffered seven knockdowns. But her journey was peppered with moments of beauty. On her blog, she described stunning sunrises over glassy seas, the excitement of spotting a blue whale and the dazzling, eerie sight of a shooting star racing across the night sky above her boat. Thousands of people have packed the Opera House and Botanic Gardens as intrepid teen sailor Jessica Watson sails back into Sydney Harbour. Many were seated on the steps of the Opera House as they listened to a live interview and watched pictures of Watson as she headed back to land - 210 days after she first left on a solo round-the-world voyage last October. However a tear in Jessica’s mainsail has delayed her return. The Queenslander had been due to sail through the Sydney Heads at around 11.30am (AEST), but now wasn’t expected to enter Sydney Harbour until closer to 2pm. The tear was caused by winds of up to 30 knots early on Saturday as she sailed up the NSW

south coast. The cloudless starts to the day has been replaced by brilliant sunshine, with some spectators taking the opportunity to spread out their picnic mat and enjoy a late breakfast. Watson told Channel 10 in a live interview from her yacht that despite having to battle difficult conditions over the past few days, she was not tired. “It’s all building up - it’s getting exciting. I think I’m riding on excitement, so I have plenty of energy.” Watson is set to be joined by Australian Jesse Martin and English teen Mike Perham, two young sailors who hold solo circumnavigation records, after she passes the finish line. I think she’s amazing,” said Nancy Queen, who brought her sevenyear-old twin grandchildren along to witness Watson’s return. “She’s an inspiration for young people to get outdoors and do something,” said Annette Small, 73, adding that Watson was like her sons, who sailed from the Caribbean to Australia about 20 years ago with a small crew. “I love sailing too. I have been in storms and I know how it is out there.” Leanne Swales, who came to the Opera House with her eight-year-old son Jack Harris, said she was proud of Watson’s achievements as an Australian.“She’s putting Australia back on the map. So many people were boo-hooing her but she’s proved them all wrong.”

There are a number of hazardous creatures in the sea. Many can cause serious harm to unaware or inattentive divers. Some may even cause death, although this often depends on the amount of venom used, individual reactions, nature of injury and location of accidents (deep water victims often drown). There are four major types of injury patterns from marine life. This presentation will Some basic first aid tips are given, although by far the best policy is not to meddle with these creatures.

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This brightly colored attractive, seemingly innocent creature is often picked up by people without realizing the potential of getting stung by its harpoonlike neurotoxin laden tongue. The Marble Cone Snail uses its harpoon like proboscis to paralyze other small fish which it then can devour at its own leisure. The symptoms of a sting include intense pain, swelling, numbness and tingling. Severe cases involve muscle paralysis, changes in vision and respiratory failure that can lead to death. There is no antivenin currently available for its sting.

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The blue ringed octopus found in the pacific primarily among the shallows of Australia and Japan, and feeds on a diet of primarily crab and shrimp. However this tiny golf-ball sized creature possesses venom powerful enough to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. And with no known antivenin available, the blueringed octopus is currently one of the most toxic known sea creatures known to man.

The Facts This non-threatening looking transparent blue creature often no bigger than a bowl, tops our list of the ocean’s most poisonous creatures. Having claimed the lives of over 6000 people over the years, the chances of surviving an encounter with one of the Box Jellyfish’s 15 odd lethal tentacles is slim at best. The Box Jellyfish’s primary habitat lies in the waters around, Australia, Philippians, Hawaii, and Vietnam.

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Found in the coastal reefs along the indo-pacific regions, Stone fish are high up in our list of top poisonous creatures. Stonefish secrete powerful neurotoxins from the base of their dorsal fin spine, which is extremely lethal to human beings. What makes the Stonefish even more dangerous is its stone like appearance that allows it to camouflage itself perfectly with its surrounding reef. This has been the main cause for so many unsuspecting divers coming in contact with the sting of the Stonefish which is extremely painful and can cause tissue death, shock, and paralysis.

The Facts This creature found mostly off the cost of India, Australia, Africa and the Arabian Sea, is non-aggressive, and will only strike if provoked. This snake has the most toxic venom, almost 8 times more toxic than the venom of a cobra. The Toxin attacks the muscles of the body and causes pain and death if untreated within 24 hours. This creature graces our list as it frequently end up getting caught in fisherman’s nets which has resulted in several human fatalities.

George Calder, our hero, has been

in and out of trouble most of his life. No one loves adventure more than George. He’s a curious boy with a love of adventure and mystery. He is on this trip with his sister, Phoebe, and his aunt, Daisy. And he’s loved every minute of it. Loved exploring it top to bottom and everywhere in between. True, he hasn’t always behaved as he should. And that’s true even when the ship hits the iceberg. He’s out of his bed exploring. But nothing really prepared George for this. For the lifeor-death adventure he is facing with

For Jennifer Thomas, the panic

began when her head popped above the surface of Monterey Bay and she realized her diving partners were gone. The swell was rising. The current was pulling her farther from shore, and there were only a few hours left until sunset. As the strong, chilly water surged around her, she screamed. She cried. The the 32-year-old San Jose scuba diver began kicking - and praying. She refused to die at sea even if

hours, Thomas swam until her feet were numb, her lips were cracked and her face was red with windburn. “I didn’t let myself think I was going to die out there,” Thomas recalled in an interview just days after her ordeal and eventual rescue. Her day had begun the morning of March 27 with her boyfriend, Aly Tamboura, and three others taking a successful dive near Breakwater Pier in Monterey. The couple has been together for two years, and they had worked together at Diver Dan’s, a dive shop in Santa Clara where Thomas is an assistant manager. That afternoon, they hit the

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the water again. About 2 p.m., Tamboura dropped anchor six miles off Moss landing at a place divers call Eric’s Pinnacle, a mile offshore from Pacific Grove. the five divers descended. With visibility poor, Tamboura lost sight of the anchor line, so he aborted the dive. The murky water also prevented Thomas from seeing her fellow divers. Others out of sight, when they surfaced, the other divers couldn’t find Thomas - and she couldn’t see them. And their 20 foot runabout, helmed by a friend with no boat-handling skills, was drifting rapdily away.

At 4 pm, the Coast Guard received a call from someone who had spotted the four stranded divers. So the U.S. Coast Guard sent a 47-foot motor boat. But the four were rescued by the skipper of another boat who was looking for a lost kayaker, who was later found. “My legs were burning with pain from swimming for 2 1/2 hours against the current, but I didn’t feel the pain. I was more concerned with finding my girlfriend,” said Tamboura, 36, who owns a geophysical survery company and hels as a dive master at classes at Diver Dan’s. Thomas, meanwhile, continued to drift as the Coast Guard continued its search. “I told myself that panicking was just going to waste my energy. I figured I couldn’t

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n a e fight it and that the only thing I could she was dreaming. She began flashing were not claimed. This theory was do was go with it, “she said. her ight. “I thought, ‘Please dear God, bolstered by entries found in both “Every time a bigger swell would let them see me out here’ because I victims’ diaries. come, I would kick harder. When didn’t know if they were going to be there was coming Excerpts from Tom Lonergan’s a lull I back.” “We personal diary were used to portray a as the light faded, i followed the stars as i would slow were about deeply disturbed man who was looking down.” swam. I realized i had to be calm. . . . The direc- a half-mile for a “quick and peaceful” death. EiWith her away and leen’s writings had expressed concern tion of the current told me i was in the right we could determinafor her well-being, given Tom’s “death tion and hear her wish”. She had openly chosen to stay direction and I also had the help of a compass. 16 years of yelling,” with Tom Lonergan, no matter the dive expesaid Petty outcome. However, the diary entries rience. Thomas tried to stay calm. She Officer Dan Sunday, who was aboard were taken out of context, according thought about her family and friends the rescue boat when it picked up to Eileen’s parents and family memand Tamboura, whom she knew was Thomas around 7:30 pm. “I broke bers. The family, the coroner Noel desperately searching, too. From shore, down crying,” she said, “I remember Nunan, and the Port Douglas police Tamboura scanned the water and telling them, “I can’t believe you found claim that only pages that would valiwatched the rescue crew, aided by a me, do not let go of me.” date the suicide theory were leaked to U.S. Coast Guard helicopter launched the press, whereas the majority of the from San Francisco. “I started crying. I Shivering and thirsty, Thomas coldiaries remain unread except by the couldn’t go help; I was just a bystandlapsed in a crying heap in the lap of Coroner, Port Douglas police, and the er,” Tamboura said. an officer. Even so, she still managed Hains family. John Hains, later said to walk off the boat, with some help. that he suspects the couple ultimately They had lived together for a year, and She was taken to Community Hospital became dehydrated and disoriented now he was stuck on shore while she of the Monterey Peninsula, suffering and in the end succumbed to drownwas lost at sea. Wind and rain. Alone, from mild hypothermia. But she left ing, or sharks. The coroner dismissed Thomas kept kicking, searching for that night and was driven home to San suggestions that the Lonergans had boats and landmarks while bobbing in Jose where either comthe cold, choppy water as the waves she recovred mitted suicide surged as high as 10 feet. To make at home for “I broke down crying,” she said, “I remem- or faked their matters worse, the wind had picked the next two own disapber telling them, “I can’t believe you found pearance, up and rain was coming down hard. days. Despite By this time, Thomas had shed about her harrowand formally me, do not let go of me.” 15 pounds of lead weight she wore to ing ordeal, charged Jack help her descend. She was fortunate Thomas said Nairn, with that she was wearing a dry suit, which she planned to dive into Monterey Bay their unlawful killing. It was not until was insulated with a special gas that again today. two days later, on January 27, 1998, kept her warmer for a longer time that the pair was discovered to be than a wet suit would. “That prob“Everything you do in life has its danmissing after a bag containing their ably saved her life,” U.S. Coast Guard ger,” Thomas said. “Diving is fun. It’s belongings was found on board the Officer Maegan Schwartz said. The something I love to do. It’s not somedive boat. A huge air and sea search darkness also proved crucial. After thing I would ever give up. Sometimes, took place over the following three the sun set, she turned on a flashlight things happen.” Several theories were days. Although some of their diving she usually carries when she dives to suggested surrounding their disapgear was found washed up later on explore underwater. And that was pearance. At the time, it was suggested a beach miles away from where they how the Coast Guard spotted her, that the Lonergans might have staged were lost indicating that they drowned, two miles from shore and eight miles their disappearance. However, the and both of their bodies were southwest of Moss Landing. Suddenly, Lonergans’ bank accounts were never never found. Thomas saw a blue light. She thought touched and their insurance policies

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Also known as the wasp jellyfish, this salad-bowl sized jellyfish can have up to 60 tentacles as long as 15 feet. Each tentacle has enough toxin to kill 50 humans. They are found

A man kite surfing off a Florida beach died Wednesday after being surrounded and attacked by sharks. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said a lifeguard first saw the man in distress at 4:15 p.m. about 500 yards from shore near Stuart, on the Atlantic coast. Lifeguard Daniel Lund said he first spotted the man, later identified as Howard Schafer, 38, from his tower and he could tell the kiteboarder was in trouble. He said Schafer was lying on the large sail he was using to pull himself across the water. Lund grabbed his long surfboard and paddled 20 minutes through rough seas.

in Australia, the Philippines, and many other tropical areas. Since 1884 at least 5,567 deaths have been attributed to these creatures.

A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman today when it flew out of the water and struck her in the face as she rode in a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said. Judy Kay Zagorski, of Pigeon, Michigan, was sitting in a boat going 25 mph (40 kph) when the spotted eagle ray, with a wingspan of 5 feet to 6 feet. “He had absolutely no warning. It just happened instantaneously,” Pino said. The impact probably killed the woman, but it was not immediately clear if she had any puncture wounds from the ray’s barb, Pino said. An autopsy will determine an official cause of death, he added.