Scotty wrote:

He knows I have a 30' sailboat and asked me what I do about
it. I told him it never bothered me.....yet this season.

SBV

"Joe" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:

He knows I have a 30' sailboat and asked me what I do
about
it. I told him it never bothered me.....yet this season.


OUCH ! That hurt , Bob.

Scotty

Scotty wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:

I have a non-boating friend who's going on a cruise next
week. He's concerned about seasickness. I told him

ginger is

a good cure. I bought him a box of Ginger Snaps ( more

for a

joke ). Should he start munching on these before he

steps

onboard or wait till / if he feels bad?

SBV



I'd start munching just before I left.
If he's on a big cruise ship, I doubt he's be feeling the

same way he

would on a 33 foot sailboat with 5 foot swells on an aft

quarter that

might make you pitch, yaw & roll.



He knows I have a 30' sailboat and asked me what I do about
it. I told him it never bothered me.....yet.

SBV


Lucky you...if I don't drug-up, I upchuck.
Those little pea type pressure wrist bands don't cut it for me.

Don White wrote in news:%Uzmg.757$pu3.20271@ursa-
nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

I doubt he's be feeling the same way he
would on a 33 foot sailboat with 5 foot swells on an aft quarter that
might make you pitch, yaw & roll.


Hey, Careful, Don! You're makin' me woozy thinking about it and I've got
to go to bed....(c;

Don White wrote:

Scotty wrote:
I have a non-boating friend who's going on a cruise next
week. He's concerned about seasickness. I told him ginger is
a good cure. I bought him a box of Ginger Snaps ( more for a
joke ). Should he start munching on these before he steps
onboard or wait till / if he feels bad?

SBV

In addition to ginger snaps, you can use ginger candy (from someplace
like the Vermont Country Store), and my mom used to swear by Canada
Dry Ginger Ale, which she said was the only REAL ginger ale - don't
know if it still is. You have to look at the ingredients to see if it
has ginger in it.

My husband swears by saltines (which he ate when he was on a destroyer
in rough seas). I like hot tea with it.


I'd start munching just before I left.
If he's on a big cruise ship, I doubt he's be feeling the same way he
would on a 33 foot sailboat with 5 foot swells on an aft quarter that
might make you pitch, yaw & roll.

There are people that get sick even on the big cruise ships - the
motion on them is more unpleasant than on a sailboat IMHO. I lot of
roll - more than what we get especially if we put up a balancing sail.
Too much motion to fill the pool (it would all splash out) and
sometimes the forward elevators don't work. If they use stabilizers
(when they have them) it slows them down.

It doesn't bother me particularly, although if it is really rough I
can't read without getting a headache, and I get a little sleepy. But
there are a lot of people who get room service, or don't eat at all.
However, the cruise ship doctor will have a patch for anyone who needs
it.

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:43:54 -0400, "Scotty"
wrote:

I have a non-boating friend who's going on a cruise next
week. He's concerned about seasickness. I told him ginger is
a good cure. I bought him a box of Ginger Snaps ( more for a
joke ). Should he start munching on these before he steps
onboard or wait till / if he feels bad?

SBV



Ironically, yesterday I was looking up an old episode of Myth Busters
(Does pickup truck tail gate down increase mileage) and ran across
their session on sea sickness remedies. Ginger was the only thing
they tried that did work. Not sure if there is any benefit to taking
it early but I think it works even after you start to feal queasy.
Most use tablets with water.

Course if you're bloated with cookies when you go aboard......

No personal experience. Have never been sea sick, although slightly
queasy when a diesel leak put some raw diesel in the bilge.

Frank

"Frank Boettcher" wrote in


Ironically, yesterday I was looking up an old episode of
Myth Busters
(Does pickup truck tail gate down increase mileage) and
ran across
their session on sea sickness remedies. Ginger was the
only thing
they tried that did work. Not sure if there is any benefit
to taking
it early but I think it works even after you start to
feal queasy.
Most use tablets with water.

Course if you're bloated with cookies when you go
aboard......

And of course you need to drink milk with those cookies.



No personal experience. Have never been sea sick,
although slightly
queasy when a diesel leak put some raw diesel in the
bilge.

The only time I felt queasy was anchored in a storm, closed
up cabin, with an alcohol stove cooking spaghetti. Not a
good combination.

SBV

Scotty wrote:

The only time I felt queasy was anchored in a storm, closed
up cabin, with an alcohol stove cooking spaghetti. Not a
good combination.

In 1957 my dad was assigned to Hickam AFB. We drove to San Francisco
and boarded a WWII US Navy troop transport, refurbished slightly. For
our first meal out, just after passing under the Golden Gate and
catching some swells, was "Split Pea Soup". Wonderful stuff, green and
slopping about in the waves. All of this in front of Men/Women/Children
who've never been to sea before. The second course, for those who still
remained, was "Fried Pork Chops" swimming in it's grease. Damn, those
Navy cooks had a real sense of humor! :-)

Steve Thrasher wrote:
Scotty wrote:

The only time I felt queasy was anchored in a storm, closed
up cabin, with an alcohol stove cooking spaghetti. Not a
good combination.

In 1957 my dad was assigned to Hickam AFB. We drove to San Francisco
and boarded a WWII US Navy troop transport, refurbished slightly. For
our first meal out, just after passing under the Golden Gate and
catching some swells, was "Split Pea Soup". Wonderful stuff, green and
slopping about in the waves.

Wuss.. Green pea will settle the stomach.... to bland, Coonass fish
head and rice soup, now thats the ticket. The Greasy pork
chops....thats a standard. Bacon works good too! Top things off with a
nice Cigar...once you get the weak ones blowing chunks the rest are
easy.

It also helps if you make wall paper for the head by printing this 100
times:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/image...circeye_lg.jpg

Joe
;o)



Joe

Joe wrote:
Steve Thrasher wrote:
Scotty wrote:

The only time I felt queasy was anchored in a storm, closed
up cabin, with an alcohol stove cooking spaghetti. Not a
good combination.

In 1957 my dad was assigned to Hickam AFB. We drove to San Francisco
and boarded a WWII US Navy troop transport, refurbished slightly.
For our first meal out, just after passing under the Golden Gate and
catching some swells, was "Split Pea Soup". Wonderful stuff, green
and slopping about in the waves.

Wuss.. Green pea will settle the stomach.... to bland, Coonass fish
head and rice soup, now thats the ticket. The Greasy pork
chops....thats a standard. Bacon works good too! Top things off with a
nice Cigar...once you get the weak ones blowing chunks the rest are
easy.

It also helps if you make wall paper for the head by printing this 100
times:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/image...circeye_lg.jpg

Joe
;o)



Joe

Porridge. Tastes exactly the same when puked up as when eaten.

Dennis.