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Ships at sea
On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:15:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/5/2018 1:05 PM, wrote: On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 18:07:11 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: No shame in that, looks like a very rough day. I was thinking to myself how difficult it must be to get any serious work done in conditions like that. You learn how to walk on walls. And not spill your coffee ;-) A useful skill for life. My wife cracks up because I can walk, trot, trip ... whatever ... and never spill a drop. Your hand becomes a gyro of sorts and the coffee cup sorta "floats" over the bumps. :-) I never drank coffee before the Navy but learned quickly that strong, black coffee was your lifeblood. Still drink it like that today, 40 years later. I still have that skill too and if you look at the coffee instead of looking around the ship, you won't get seasick. Your eyes are seeing what your inner ear is feeling. Part of that same thing is being able to hold your head still and let your legs do all of the pitching and rolling. Again it absorbs most of the sloshing that would be going on in your ears. Guys used to just show off at how well they could just stand there drinking their coffee while the ship was going nuts. Tricks small ship sailors learn I suppose. |
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Ships at sea
On Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:11:51 -0500,
wrote: On Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:59:08 -0500, wrote: Guys used to just show off at how well they could just stand there drinking their coffee while the ship was going nuts. Tricks small ship sailors learn I suppose. === Not so much in my experience. The motion tends to be much quicker on a smaller boat and it takes a great deal of effort just to move around without getting tossed into something. I've been on several sailboats where people got broken ribs from because they lost their grip and were thrown across the cabin to the leeward side. It's not quite that bad on a stabilized motor yacht but there is still a great deal of quick motion. I usually try to brace myself into a corner and keep an eye on the horizon. Anything that requires intense, near in concentration, like navigation or replacing fuel filters, can be a real stomach churner. Small is a relative thing. We are talking about 3xx foot ships |
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