Land sickness

I get the same after spending more than 5 hours afloat. I hate it, and thats a fact. Get me back to the yacht asap.
Ive seen me feeling ill for hours after coming ashore, and I aint joking either!
 
I love it

I get a bit of it

I will be sitting at my desk and suddenly it feels as though the tide has picked the slug up and its swinging on a mooring

its a great feeling

reminds me how nice sailing is

D
 
Its called 'Vestibular habituation', and is apparently caused by the inner ear becoming habituated to the movement of the boat, rather in the same way as a child who has been spinning round becomes giddy. Apparently it is of concern because it can affect your driving, and has been attributed to a number of accidents suffered by yachtsmen going home up the Mway. The mechanism, as I understand it, is similar to dizziness and vertigo, and can cause a degree of spatial disorientation, which presumably is what has caused the reported road accidents

In severe cases the sufferer can be unable to stand upright, and becomes seasick on coming ashore. Cases are known to have continued for months or even years. One long distance sailor after a particularly bad 42 day passage was reported as being completely unable to stand up when he made land and to have become violently 'landsick'.

The cure? Several good stiff tots can help.... but then thats been known to cause road accidents too, and to cause falling over. Cant win!

Google searching comes up with loads of medical stuff - try the report on MDD (Mal De Debarquement)
 
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oldharry said:
In severe cases the sufferer can be unable to stand upright, and becomes seasick on coming ashore. Cases are known to have continued for months or even years.
... - try the report on MDD (Mal De Debarquement)
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Spot on.

I am told that in the huge majority of people the condition settles quickly with few problems. If it persists, physiotherapy will help - but it's worth reiterating that it generally settles very quickly.

If you've never had it before it can be very unpleasant and disorienting at first - but it can be coped with

Best wishes
 
What a relief. I thought was going insane the first time I felt it.
Sea-sick, yep heard of that but Landsick- what a joke- theres no such thing- yer nuts!

Thanks guys!
 
A friend of mine once pitched over into the chest freezer in Tesco in Lymington.

I fell off a toilet in a bar in Damp (near Kiel). Before finishing the first beer.

We have some long narrow corridors at work; after a rough trip I tend to zigzag down them richocheting off the walls.

Pete
 
In the Bad Old Days, it served as a tell-tale sign for thieves and muggers in Coastal Ports - someone staggering along the street was either drunk, or had just been paid off from his latest voyage, and therefore was holding the folding ....
 
If it's any consolation the fact that you get it means your body is able to respond to the changing conditions when you step on board and therefore I wouldn't have thought you suffer from seasickness much, if ever.

In my life of mucking around on boats people I've known that experience this feeling are by far the most resilient to seasickness.
 
Csail said:
Anyone else get it ? Only two days on board and back home i'm rocking.How do i stop it.
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I don't rock as far as I know but I always feel zonked for a couple of days after one of my trips.Even if it's a simple enjoyable overnight spell at a secure anchorage.Just glad I hav'nt got a job or I'd have to give up sailing at weekends:eek:
 
Ive never been seasick at all.
I felt slightly ill once whilst beating up into Tarbert in a F6. I was below making dinner for us all to have when we arrived. I went on deck for 2 mins, and all was well thereafter.....:)

Im a registered boat nut if thats any help Amulet!!? A self-confessed nutter is ok aint it!;)
 
Land Sickness

As a youth spent 2 1/2 years working on a Motor yacht (ex HDML) sailing down the Moroccan coast and also through the Med. Came the time to come home to do my National Service and was flown back from Nice.
Where I lived in Warsash was about 1/3 mile from the local bus stop and was viewable from our house. My mother told me that she was able to tell which one was me getting off the bus and walking up the road as I swayed from side to side rhythmically. ( I was also carrying a kitbag !). Nowadays I get the sway effect when having an after-sail shower, otherwise I walk normally !!

As an aside the local football team were known as the 'Crabs', but for an entirely different reason !!

ianat182
 
emsworthy said:
If it's any consolation the fact that you get it means your body is able to respond to the changing conditions when you step on board and therefore I wouldn't have thought you suffer from seasickness much, if ever.

In my life of mucking around on boats people I've known that experience this feeling are by far the most resilient to seasickness.
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I think it is more about habituation than initial sensitivity. I am very prone to seasickness (and other forms of motion-sickness) but after about three days afloat I notice that bars and restaurants ashore start rocking, and that tells me that it is safe for me to stop taking my Stugeron.
 
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