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.

"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

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.