Seasick

Bill at BOATS 4 SAIL · Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:18 pm

I get seasick very easily.
Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of West Marine # 4706073, Explorer ReliefBand?
Or, any other good ideas?

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:39 am

Me too. I have found Dramamine works wells for me, at half the adult dose. The Admiral says it doesnt make me drowsy, but IVe never been sick after taking it.

She swears by Bo-Nine, which is the more powerful stuff. We discovered last summer most of her sailing anxiety was low level seasickness. BoNine cured that, and she is psyched to cruise the Cape this summer.

I am ecstatic.

Moe · Post by **Moe** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:03 am

I don't have much of a problem, but the inexpensive Davis Queaz-Away bands work for my wife and son. Dramamine puts her out like a light. We'll have to try the half dose some time. One thing I've learned over the years is that what works for some, doesn't for others.

hvolkhart · Post by **hvolkhart** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:42 am

There is that TV Show called Mythbusters on the Discovery chanel (episode 43).
They tried several different things to cure sea sickness.
The thing what realy helped was Ginger pills.
I have not tried them jet since i just got the boat but the admiral will as soon as we go on the water.

Tony D-26X_SusieQ · Post by **Tony D-26X_SusieQ** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:45 am

Moe has that right. I find with the grandchildren that keeping a box of those ginger snaps from Trader Joe's works pretty well. At least they always eat them all and I never get a seasickness complaint.

aya16 · Post by **aya16** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:47 am

Ginger guys ginger works dont get sleepy or any other odd things happen to you. Didnt anyone watch myth busters when they tested ginger against all other forms of motion sickness stuff. Even the stuff you have to get from your doctor was beat hands down by plain old ginger.
In fact it was the only thing that worked on one guy on the show.

so eat some ginger cookies or buy some ginger pills.

http://www.goddesscruise.com/SeaSick.htm

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:51 am

Seasickness is part physical and part psychological. There is no miracle cure that works for everyone in my experience. I once captained a crew of 7 and told them that I am extremely susceptible to seasickness, so that if I dont feel it, they will be ok. We cruised Monterey on long swells - I felt it pretty bad but kept it to myself, and no one else got sick!

Next time out I didnt mention it and three people were queasy....

aya16 · Post by **aya16** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:52 am

wow that was fast I try to be the first kid on the block with a great answer and get back to the topic and 7.42 a post about ginger 7.47 another one and mine at 7.47.... you guys are good

aya16 · Post by **aya16** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:43 am

I dont think those Queaz-Away Bands would work for me, my wrist doesnt get sea sick. Maybe if I used it as a head band. or a belt.

aya16 · Post by **aya16** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:08 am

As a kid I remember my old salty grand father told me of the cure they used back when he had a boat. He would tie a hunk of salt pork on a string then the sick fellow would gulp that down. The string would be pulled real fast to bring it back up and your fixed. Now I dont remember if the fix meant you never went back on my grandfathers boat or you never got sick again but one thing for sure you never complained about being sick on his boat after that.

Captain Steve · Post by **Captain Steve** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:13 am

Bill,
My stepmom gets sick watching programs about the sea on TV.
I have 3 relief bands on board, and they WORK. She turns it on and instantly the feelings of nausea go away. I used mine one time o a SAR mission with the USGC Aux. It immediately made me feel better....until the battery died and over the side I went "chumming".

This time of year you can find them on ebay selling from the colder climates and owners selling boat stuff from Florida. You can adjust the intensity so dont crank it up til your fingers open and close spasmodically.

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:17 am

Quick shot with Taser at low setting works for me. If you fall over and spasm try a lower setting....

aya16 · Post by **aya16** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:29 am

Bill not to be too much of a wise A, but why did you pick the boat biz with such a problem? I mean how do you take some one new to boats out on a test sail being all green and all.

getting sea sick is only funny when your at home riding the key board.

ChrisNorton · Post by **ChrisNorton** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:50 am

Growing up on the great lakes, I never got sea sick. Now that I am on the Atlantic, I get sea sick all the time (not sure why...salt, different wave patterns, my brain playing tricks on me.)

After trying everything from various wrist bands to dramamine to bonine, my doctor gave me a script for Anti-Vert and it works great...haven't been sea-sick since and although the bottle says drowsiness can be a problem, I have never gotten drowsy on it. I believe it is just an anti-hystemine that deadens the auditory nerve which keeps you from getting dizzy. I also believe it uses all or part of the same medication used in one of the over-the-counter meds but for some reason, this is the only thing that works for me and the wife (although I agree psychology has a great deal to do with sea sickness.)

LOUIS B HOLUB · Post by **LOUIS B HOLUB** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:56 am

...I dont experience sea sickness, but its sorta strange after an overnighter or extended day sailing on the MAC that I "sway" when standing still for a few hours when back on land. Once , when showering, I thought the shower stall was swaying...
Just wondering if thats a condition that other sailors experience

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