FishinJC wrote:
The prescription drugs also
worked but left people drowsy or even spaced out.

In all these post the one thing that i have not read is a quantitative
description of the sea state (that's using numbers for all the
sailing.asa readers).

So a drug left people drowsy or even spaced out. Personally after
heaving my guts out for two days then totally dehydrated and
incapacitated for days 3&4 I would most certainly take the drowsy and
even spaced out option. Granted the sea state that caused my marathon
puke fest was extreme. So take the drugs and get er dun.

On that same show they tested 2 people and 1 said that the drug that
worked best was the placebo (sugar pill). Of course when they tested
him, they told him that it was a new drug and he didn't get sick at
all. That tells me for some it is a mind game. If you feel relaxed
and believe it what you are taking will cure you, you will be fine.

This is an excellent point................ What is the expected placebo
effect for any given sample/study group? Cant remember but I think the
folks who submit to the NJM mentioned, maybe 6%-12% of people are head
cases.

Anybody know the typical expected placebo effect for humans?

Bob

Sea state matters, as does the size of the vessel in the sea state. Even
so, the first cruise I ever took with my wife to be was a large
passenger ship where the sea state was mill pond. She was very, very
sick. But that was it. Our honeymoon was eleven days at sea on an even
larger ship in some horrendous weather where the ship clnaged like a
gong and we have been sailing on our own boat for years. Never another
problem for either of us thugh we have had the occasional guest for whom
the day was no fun at all. Even busted up one romance. He got sick; she
did not.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:40:36 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

Sea state matters, as does the size of the vessel in the sea state.

And the type and amplitude of motion that the vessel generates.

There are 40 footers with a very solid motion and there are others
that generate a weird cork screw effect.

Guess which one is worse, I'm getting queasy just thinking about it.