Pump them full of Stugeron

[ianabc]

Sorry for the double reply everyone-

Fisherman,

I seem to be reasonably bullet-proof re seasickness on sailing boats, by pure luck; however I think the damping effect of the keel beneath and mast above is my main help - my boat has, for her size, tremendous stability in both deep ballast ratio and beam form - but when the mast is down, she is a bit tippy, having lost the roll damping of the rig.

I may not need stugeron on a sailing boat, but I don't fancy my chances on an anchored or drifting fishing mobo...

 

[fisherman]

Saily boat with no mast: remember a rescue from one, the helicopter diver could not get aboard, they had to jump in the water.
Am I the only one who read the OP as something to do with the Scottish first minister?

 

[Birdseye]

I think it depends on what you're trying to achieve. I've never been seasick to the point of being incapacitated. Uncomfortable certainly but able to function when adrenalin kicks in.
I carry Stugeron on the boat but I've never taken them myself in fear that it might make me doze off. I've taken them on other peoples boat many years ago.

It affects us all differently. I have only ever been sea sick once but I was completely incapacitated. I actually did want to die. Thank god there was someone else on board because I just gave up.

Now I take one stugeron every time I go to sea and never have an issue. probably all in the mind but no less real for all that.

 

[alan_d]

I never thought Kwells were potent at anything - more placebo effect,

Your opinion is unusual. The general experience with hyoscine is that it is an effective anti-emetic but its usefulness is reduced by many unwanted effects, including dry mouth, blurring of vision, drowsiness, dizziness, constipation and difficulty passing urine. These and other atropine-like effects mean that it should be avoided by sufferers from glaucoma and certain kinds of heart problems. As cinnarizine (Stugeron) also has some atropine-like effects (albeit less pronounced than hyoscine), taking both would risk combining the unwanted effects as well as any benefits, and I certainly would not recommend it.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Don't pump them full of Stugeron, pump them full of Carrs water biscuits and gingernuts when they first start feeling green and put them on the helm and avoid the sickness entirely

Edit: We started feeling green off Peterhead after a very roly night coming out of the firth of forth a few years ago - cure (as it was kill or...) was actually a full fry up, actually worked wonders on that crisp cold morning...

I wish it were so simple.

Different people react in different ways and although your 'cure' may work for some, it's not a cure all for all.

I get sea sick sometimes and I find Stugeron under the tongue and absorbed through the mucous membrane of the mouth very effective.

I also find the very fact that I'm feeling sea sick makes me drowsy whether I've taken any medication or not. The good news is that once I've had a sleep, I usually wake up right as rain and bouncing off the bulkheads. I find the same applies to most people. After 24 hours or so the vast majority of people find their sea legs and lose the nausea and vomiting.