Sea Sickness
 

Is this something that eventually goes away after repeated boating?
What can be done about it?

TC wrote:
Is this something that eventually goes away after repeated boating?
What can be done about it?

Yes and no. A good deal depends on your tendency towards motion
sickness. If you are not normally prone to motion sickness, once you
begin to sense the motions experienced on a boat you may encounter the
problem fewer times or not at all.
If, however, you ARE prone to motion sickness, the best you can hope for
is that one of the various remedies will work for you and that you can
either deal with it and get over it or pick your times when you go boating.
I have been prone to all forms of motion sickness all my life and have
lived to deal with it (hell of a profession to chose for someone who
gets seasick) and notice that as I've gotten older and number, I am far
less prone than I was in my youth.

otn

There are three types of boaters.

Those who admit to occasional sea sickness, those who never venture off a mill
pond, and those who tend to "forget" the last time they were seasick.

Some people are more prone than others.

General cause is a mismatch between the
sensations your body is feeling and the visual input to your brain. If it's
reasonably rough and rocky and I try to read, for instance, I can begin to feel
some effects.

For many people, keeping an eye on the horizon and getting plenty of fresh air
are
important. Ginger, either in a root form or even in ginger ale tends to help
many folks. Others will require Dramamine or other medication, and some small
percentage of people probably just don't belong on lumpy water at all.

Obviously, the rougher it is the tougher time your body will have reconciling
what it is feeling with what it is seeing and you will be at greater risk.

TC wrote:
Is this something that eventually goes away after repeated boating?
What can be done about it?


For some, yes. For others - find another hobby.

At the beginning of every boating season, I get a little bit "queasy",
but it quickly goes away. I've also noticed that if we are in heavy
seas and I have someone else driving the boat I can feel a little strange.

My brother and one of my sons never get seasick. My other son gets sick
just looking at the boat from the dock.

Dramamine (sp?) works for some - as does patches. If you are a crew
member (not the boat captain), a few beers will usually calm you down.


Eisboch

Sea Sickness - first you think your gonna die, then your afraid your not.

1. Eat some ginger snap cookies before going out

2. Keep the horizon or some other stable object in your vision (like a
cloud, shore feature, etc).

3. Don't ever let your head get lower then your stomach (except when
heaving)

"TC" wrote in message
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Is this something that eventually goes away after repeated boating?
What can be done about it?

After 40 years of boating, I still get queasy under certain circumstances.

1) Trying to tie fishing knots while the boat is being thrashed about by
turbulence. No way to focus on the horizon until the knot's tied, which can
take quite a while at dusk with ancient eyes. My significant other gets the
same way when trying to do crossword puzzles in a rocking boat. It's silly,
but she won't listen.

2) Exposure to fumes, especially diesel. This is why I won't spend money on
charter fishing trips.

3) Going out on an empty stomach. I always make sure to eat something
including bread or bagels.

Gould mentioned ginger, which works great for me. Keep some name-brand
ginger snap cookies on the boat in ziplock bags. Nabisco is good, but if you
can find Salerno (brown bag, not a box), they're the best. They contain more
real ginger. Works best if you eat a few BEFORE you're sick. There's also a
type of asian ginger candy you can find in some supermarkets. They're about
the size & consistency of Tootsie Rolls and come in cellophane bags,
individually wrapped. They're probably the most concentrated type of ginger
you can get, short of eating the actual root. Most people I've given them to
have found them to be palatable. Check the import section.

And I did see down at the chandelry, wrist bands that are reputed to work
.... here's what they look like courtesy of google search ...
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/landfallnav/-sms01.html

"TC" wrote in message
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Is this something that eventually goes away after repeated boating?
What can be done about it?

By the way, what's this got to do with politics?

Doug Kanter wrote:
By the way, what's this got to do with politics?



LOL

Eisboch

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:35:40 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

By the way, what's this got to do with politics?

~~ snicker ~~

All the best,

Tom
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