Bart Senior wrote:

I've often wondered how an Adkins type diet would hold up in nasty
conditions.

According to some of my sailing friends who are on it, no better than any other diet.

Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with grits & sloppy eggs
thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some calories to work with and
seems to stay in place well.


..... My buddy Stu spent several
seasons working in the Bering Sea on a fishing trawler. I asked him
if anyone there tried a high proteit diet. My untested theory was
that low carb diets need less water and hence there would be less
dehydration when seasick. I'll have to call him and tell him he was
right to tell me not to try it.

Flirting with dehydration is bad no matter what diet you're on. Mild dehydration makes one
more susceptible to hypothermia & heat stress, too. Drink lots of fluids! It's a bother to
have to undo foulies to take a leak, but it's worse to start falling down, forgetting
important stuff, having cardiac fibrillations, etc etc.

Great story, Bart. How come you didn't keep the off watch below tending a kettle of hot
chocolate or soup? Anything without caffeine... although caffeine can be a Godsend, it makes
seasickness worse IMHO and definitely tends to increase the risk of dehydration.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message
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Bart Senior wrote:

I've often wondered how an Adkins type diet would hold up in nasty
conditions.
snip
..... My buddy Stu spent several
seasons working in the Bering Sea on a fishing trawler. I asked him
if anyone there tried a high proteit diet. My untested theory was
that low carb diets need less water and hence there would be less
dehydration when seasick. I'll have to call him and tell him he was
right to tell me not to try it.

Low carb diets are diuretic - you need to drink LOTS of water to keep
hydrated. I've been doing Atkins for nine months (lost 50+ pounds so far),
and don't think it has any effect on seasickness. However, I am never
seasick, so I am a unreliable test datum.

There are great low-carb cold weather boat foods - chili (homemade, not from
the can), chicken soup (without noodles), fried steak on a low carb
tortilla, single malt whiskey...


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Rick Krementz
Saga 35 - Nastianna
Jersey City NJ
email address available at
www.krementz.com
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"Rick \(Saga 35\)" wrote

There are great low-carb cold weather boat foods - chili (homemade, not from
the can), chicken soup (without noodles), fried steak on a low carb
tortilla, single malt whiskey...

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Rick Krementz
Saga 35 - Nastianna
Jersey City NJ
email address available at
www.krementz.com
====================


Rick,

Look up my friend Fred on Fair Light, a Valiant 37 down there in
Jersey CIty.
He is a live aboard, good sailor, and cool dude. We should all tag up
for a few beers.

Bart

Hey Neal, check out this "Sailing breakfast".
Cheers MC



DSK wrote:



Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with grits & sloppy eggs
thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some calories to work with and
seems to stay in place well.

Real Sailor's breakfast..... six raw eggs and some salt in a highball!

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Hey Neal, check out this "Sailing breakfast".
| Cheers MC
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| DSK wrote:
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| Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with
grits & sloppy eggs
| thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some calories
to work with and
| seems to stay in place well.
|
|

Wot no rum?

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:
Real Sailor's breakfast..... six raw eggs and some salt in a highball!

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Hey Neal, check out this "Sailing breakfast".
| Cheers MC
|
|
|
| DSK wrote:
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| Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with
grits & sloppy eggs
| thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some calories
to work with and
| seems to stay in place well.
|
|

Rum in the coffee.... of course!

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Wot no rum?
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| Real Sailor's breakfast..... six raw eggs and some salt in a highball!
|
| CM
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| | Hey Neal, check out this "Sailing breakfast".
| | Cheers MC
| |
| |
| |
| | DSK wrote:
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| |
| | Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with
| grits & sloppy eggs
| | thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some
calories
| to work with and
| | seems to stay in place well.
| |
| |
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|
|

That'll make the gray morning watch look brighter! Add to it some cup
cooked porridge with strawberry jam and it'll fill the cold recesses of
your tum.

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

Rum in the coffee.... of course!

CM

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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| Wot no rum?
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Capt. Mooron wrote:
| Real Sailor's breakfast..... six raw eggs and some salt in a highball!
|
| CM
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
| ...
| | Hey Neal, check out this "Sailing breakfast".
| | Cheers MC
| |
| |
| |
| | DSK wrote:
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| |
| |
| | Personally, my favorite sailing breakfast is bisquits & gravy, with
| grits & sloppy eggs
| | thrown in. Not heart healthy, not slimming, but gives you some
calories
| to work with and
| | seems to stay in place well.
| |
| |
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:14:43 -0400, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote this crap:

Real Sailor's breakfast..... six raw eggs and some salt in a highball!

Real Sailor's breakfast..... six beers and a shot of rum.



Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

Doug,

My favorite Rough weather breakfast is the simple fried egg sandwich.
Really rough, "Sailors Eggs." Eggs fried in a piece of Bread with the
center removed, Fried over hard. And; as Scotty say, A good cup of
Instant Coffee!

Ole Thom