Do you suffer with sea legs after a long period at sea??

Do you suffer with sea legs?

  • No! Never Have.

    Votes: 5 6.8%

  • Used to - but not any more

    Votes: 20 27.4%

  • Yes! Every time after I've been on the water

    Votes: 48 65.8%
  • Total voters
    73
Try sitting on a Japanese loo ashore after 21 days in the north Pacific midwinter!!!! Mind you there are occasions when the wobbles are really being generated
by subterranean activity and not just memories of life on the ocean waves.;):o
 
I have heared tales of old time sailors being land sick when they got ashore after a long trip. I only ever get a sway on in the shower even after a long trip.
However one thing I have noticed is that on return to land all male crew suddenly have an even greater interest than normal in admiring the local women -even after a short afternoon trip!
 
Any time I spend longer than 5 days on board I am distinctly wobbly for at least 24 hours ashore. This increases according to how long I've been at sea. Also, as I'm used to bunks that you tilt, I tend to find that I sleep clinging to the edge of the bed after time offshore.

(And have more than once dreamt of helming a boat down a motorway...)
 
In Les Glenans we call it "Land Sickness". It affects me most on the shower.
I don't get it on dayboats, but if I've been on a week's course I do. We usually get varying conditions during the course of a week so I can't say what type of sea engenders it. I don't get it from sailing my own boat because I don't seem to get to sail it for more than short trips:(
 
Always get it even after only a short trip, takes a day or two to subside. Never been seasick ( unless you count retching while spooning chum while shark fishing in 40 degrees ) but get nauseous sensations on a quartering sea.
 
Halo said:
I have heared tales of old time sailors being land sick when they got ashore after a long trip. I only ever get a sway on in the shower even after a long trip.
However one thing I have noticed is that on return to land all male crew suddenly have an even greater interest than normal in admiring the local women -even after a short afternoon trip!
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Yes, Ha ! Ha !....sensory starvation...

I remember when I was in the Merchant Marine and I stepped ashore after a very long trip going somewhere and seeing a lawn....and standing there and staring at it...along comes a policeman and asks what I am looking at / doing...so I explain the novelty of seeing grass again after being at sea for weeks...he gave me a funny look and moved on.:rolleyes:
 
Dunno where I read it - quite possibly here in the early days. Its called vestibular habituation, caused by complex repetitive motion. It can be reproduced artificially in the lab, and can be used as a treatment for vertigo and balance problems.

the worrying thing about it is that I have more than once read that it is a known cause of road accidents for yachtsmen driving home.


So take care.


Another bit if useless info packed in among the seahorses in my mind... :)
 
Agree with the majority here - only happens sometimes, and no clear reason. Definitely most noticed in the shower. Never get seasick. Not unpleasant, doesn't last long, drinking helps...
 
I get it routinely and for some perverted reason quite like it.

In the last year I have been dotting back and forward between Australia and the UK and have noticed something similar after flying - a feeling of aircraft-like movements when back on the ground after a 24 hour journey.
 
obmij said:
Yeah, I think it's the price you pay if you don't get sea sick.

My wife does, and has never had 'sea legs'

I always get 'sea legs' but never seasick.

The cure, if you want a cure (I like the sensation and agree with whoever said it extended the sailing experience)

Wine, lots of wine.

Also agree that the sensation is stronger in the shower. Absolutely no idea why or what it is.
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Eyes closed!

I notice it when I alight from the bike after being at ses/anchorage for more than about 72 hrs.
 
VO5 said:
Yes, Ha ! Ha !....sensory starvation...

I remember when I was in the Merchant Marine and I stepped ashore after a very long trip going somewhere and seeing a lawn....and standing there and staring at it...along comes a policeman and asks what I am looking at / doing...so I explain the novelty of seeing grass again after being at sea for weeks...he gave me a funny look and moved on.:rolleyes:
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I note you are based in Gib - what is the local take on the fishing dispute and those concrete blocks. A few years ago the local fishermen here were driven ape by spanish ships trawling up all thier gear. Are the concrete blocks a genuine attempt to preserve wildlife or a ruse to restirict access ?
 
Lodesman77 said:
Agree with the majority here - only happens sometimes, and no clear reason. Definitely most noticed in the shower. Never get seasick. Not unpleasant, doesn't last long, drinking helps...
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+1 No seasickness issues. But get wobbly after a 2-3 day+ trip. Always controllable, just feel as if I am still at Sea!
 
Sometimes for me too, although I think the effect diminishes the longer the season goes on. I have just had a 2 week holiday with no effects at all....
 
Yes I get it but it doesn't bother me at all. I don't tend to get sea sick but on land during a long cruise I find that my alcohol tollerance is reduced such that I feel a bit woozey much quicker. It is probably the sea legs being exacerbated by the alcohol. Never caused a problem though.
 
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