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

If you are talking about him going on a cruise
ship, then I'd tell him not to be concerned about
it. We've been on about 5 different cruises in up
to 35' seas, and those huge ships just don't move
around that much.

YMMV,

Don W.

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 already told him that, but he still keeps talking about
seasickness. I'm worried he's going to 'talk himself into
it'. Thus, the ginger snaps might just help ease his mind,
more than his stomach.

SBV


"Don W" wrote in
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If you are talking about him going on a cruise
ship, then I'd tell him not to be concerned about
it. We've been on about 5 different cruises in up
to 35' seas, and those huge ships just don't move
around that much.

YMMV,

Don W.

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 article ,
"Scotty" wrote:

I already told him that, but he still keeps talking about
seasickness. I'm worried he's going to 'talk himself into
it'. Thus, the ginger snaps might just help ease his mind,
more than his stomach.

SBV


"Don W" wrote in
message
.com...
If you are talking about him going on a cruise
ship, then I'd tell him not to be concerned about
it. We've been on about 5 different cruises in up
to 35' seas, and those huge ships just don't move
around that much.

YMMV,

Don W.

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




Scotty, if your friend wants to follow the old belts and suspenders
approach, or if like me he doesn't like ginger snaps, one of the pills
can work (I use bonine before), or one of the electric (relief band) or
non-electric pressure point bands.

Cruises are expensive. If your friend goes prepared, just not worrying
about things may be all that is needed.

Harlan

Harlan

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To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"?

Harlan Lachman wrote in news:hlachman-
:

(I use bonine before),

Bonine works great for me and I ALWAYS get sick sailing offshore but only
on Day 1 of a cruise. The Bonine makes me sleepy but it gets me through
Day 1 even in pretty rough weather.

We took this beautiful blonde woman, mid 20's, in this wonderful metallic
green thong bikini out past Ft Sumter into the Atlantic, but still in
between the jetties last year. She had supermodel in her genes. Every man
aboard was smiling until she started puking heavily over the side. We came
about and headed for the calmest water we could find for her, but it was
too late. Thong or no thong, she looked awful that way...(c;

Start Bonine the day before you go to sea. I stop it on Day 2 of the
cruise and it works great.

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:49:03 -0400, Larry wrote:

We came
about and headed for the calmest water we could find for her, but it was
too late. Thong or no thong, she looked awful that way...(c;

My trawler has stabilizers, send her to SWFL.

Thong or no thong, she looked awful that way...(c;

Yeah, bent over is one thing, bent over and hurling their guts up just
doesn't qualify as a turn-on.

It would not be uncommon for someone to talk themselves into it. A good part
of it is psychological. Of course, I've puked with the best of them. :-) I
use Doritos, not ginger.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
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I already told him that, but he still keeps talking about
seasickness. I'm worried he's going to 'talk himself into
it'. Thus, the ginger snaps might just help ease his mind,
more than his stomach.

SBV


"Don W" wrote in
message
.com...
If you are talking about him going on a cruise
ship, then I'd tell him not to be concerned about
it. We've been on about 5 different cruises in up
to 35' seas, and those huge ships just don't move
around that much.

YMMV,

Don W.

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

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