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Sea sickness on Mythbusters!
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dmmbruce
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YES, I have!!!
First time out in rough water each year I was at risk.
Key thing is WEAR A HARNESS AND CLIP ON. Sorry for the shout, but if you don't do it you will probably go overside as you get confused, lean over too far and ..... splash.
Likewise, if not single handed, and a crewmember is sick over the lee rail, HANG ON TO THEM. This can be surprisingly hard to do, some people almost seem to try to go overboard.
Incidentally, now that I sail a centre cockpit cat I have never had a problem. Is it confidence, being upright, different motion etc I don't know, but I'm glad of it.
Mike
ianj99
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Gyro stabilised head!
I never feel queasy when at the helm and have noticed that I tend to anticipate the motion and move my legs & torso to keep my head still (I am alone in doing this?).
I guess the forward motion and reduced movement of the inner ear + the concentration and exhilaration (or mortal fear!) could be the reason.
With no forward motion I start to feel queasy fairly quickly and going below - ie with no horizon, this happens very quickly and with the inevitable outcome.
Might try a gimballed bunk this year if the ginger doen't work...!
Ian
I never feel queasy when at the helm and have noticed that I tend to anticipate the motion and move my legs & torso to keep my head still (I am alone in doing this?).
I guess the forward motion and reduced movement of the inner ear + the concentration and exhilaration (or mortal fear!) could be the reason.
With no forward motion I start to feel queasy fairly quickly and going below - ie with no horizon, this happens very quickly and with the inevitable outcome.
Might try a gimballed bunk this year if the ginger doen't work...!
Ian
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A good way to get seasick is to have a very large Chinese meal and then find that you have to bleed the Diesel system about 30mins after leaving harbour in big seas. The great thing is that it just tastes the same ...............
I recall that Claire Francis recommended tinned peaches for the same reason.
It might be useful to have other menu suggestions for a pre-seasick feast......yummy!!!!!.
I recall that Claire Francis recommended tinned peaches for the same reason.
It might be useful to have other menu suggestions for a pre-seasick feast......yummy!!!!!.
Marsupial
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Its all in the mind
My mother in law knows how to be sea sick. On a PO cruise many years ago (40) she was stretchered off to the sick bay with violent mall de mere. Not only had the ship not sailed - she wasnt on it! We were still checking in at Tilbury, and "the room looked like the inside of a ship", she said some days later when she had recovered enough to speak!
My mother in law knows how to be sea sick. On a PO cruise many years ago (40) she was stretchered off to the sick bay with violent mall de mere. Not only had the ship not sailed - she wasnt on it! We were still checking in at Tilbury, and "the room looked like the inside of a ship", she said some days later when she had recovered enough to speak!
robin_99
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There is an article on sea-sickness in the March issue of the French magazine Bateaux. Their results suggest that Stugeron (cinnazirine) is the most effective drug with the fewest side effects. In the "non-drug" category were a type of "spirit-level" glasses called Boarding Ring which received several positive comments, and a treatement called "Optokinetic stimulation" which is apparently used by the French Navy.
The glasses seem interesting but will make you look seriously dorky
. Anybody tried them?
The glasses seem interesting but will make you look seriously dorky
. Anybody tried them?Samakand
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Cyclizine is anticholinergic, antihistamine. Potency on vesibular system +++. Stemetil (prochlorperizine) is antidopinergic, anticholinergic, anti histamine, but potency +. Sturgeron has good reviews but more people changed from it. It is an older sedating antihistamine. Cyclizine is usually the first line agent in hospices for vestibular associated nausea and vomiting. Brand names are Valoid, Nauseacalm. Scopoderm is a second choice.
Definitely, vestibular antiemetics work better taken prophylactically. Scopoderm needs 24-36hours, others work well if taken the night before, especially if you are a bit anxious about a trip.
Definitely, vestibular antiemetics work better taken prophylactically. Scopoderm needs 24-36hours, others work well if taken the night before, especially if you are a bit anxious about a trip.
lydiamight
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Guaranteed cure for seasickness, never fails-----------sit under a tree.
kesh
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Searush
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In my experience, mal de mer is aggravated by the following;
Anxiety (do you trust the skipper?)
Coldness (can you add more layers? Or a warm drink?)
Tiredness (have a sleep)
Hunger (ginger biccies is a good solution)
Giving someone the helm & a point on the horizon to follow is helpfull. Failing that go below, close eyes, lie down & sleep. I have found that I when wake I am cured.
Anxiety (do you trust the skipper?)
Coldness (can you add more layers? Or a warm drink?)
Tiredness (have a sleep)
Hunger (ginger biccies is a good solution)
Giving someone the helm & a point on the horizon to follow is helpfull. Failing that go below, close eyes, lie down & sleep. I have found that I when wake I am cured.
nauticalnomad
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I believe seasickness to be a depression
I have done a bit of sailing with blind and disabled people,
And i have never seen a blind person seasick!
So it has got to do with what you can see, and the mental process etc that goes with it, well so the vi's tell me
And i like to pride myself on the fact i do not get seasick,
I have however in the past been seasick and after thinking about all of this i have realised that when i was starting to get seasick it is my mind spiraling downwards or inwards, like when i was a teenager and would come home from drinking too much and youd lay in bed and the whole room would spin and id be sick if i wasnt careful, this battle would continue and id drift off to sleep,
But anyways back to the seasickness- Water does funny things to us humans, it is known to relax us and soothe the mind so it can do the opposite as well im guessing, The next time you are feeling that sickness feeling, think what it is that you are doing whilst feeling it, your mind is thinking and if you can stop and look at what you are thinking and see that you yourself are deep in thought,
and change your thought pattern and take a deep breath and change your mind youll see that the sea sickness will go, thus most people that start to operate the helm lose the feeling of seasickness, because they have started something that has taken them away from their mind- concentrating on something else, But you must catch it before the depression process turns physical and you do become sick, there is no turning back after the fact!
However you can prevent it i have found before it happens if you as i said change your thought pattern and snap out of it?
This works for me and id be more inclined to try this that seasickness tablets-
especially since the sturgen are reknowned to cause hillucenagenic tripping like feelings if consumed excessively-
I have done a bit of sailing with blind and disabled people,
And i have never seen a blind person seasick!
So it has got to do with what you can see, and the mental process etc that goes with it, well so the vi's tell me
And i like to pride myself on the fact i do not get seasick,
I have however in the past been seasick and after thinking about all of this i have realised that when i was starting to get seasick it is my mind spiraling downwards or inwards, like when i was a teenager and would come home from drinking too much and youd lay in bed and the whole room would spin and id be sick if i wasnt careful, this battle would continue and id drift off to sleep,
But anyways back to the seasickness- Water does funny things to us humans, it is known to relax us and soothe the mind so it can do the opposite as well im guessing, The next time you are feeling that sickness feeling, think what it is that you are doing whilst feeling it, your mind is thinking and if you can stop and look at what you are thinking and see that you yourself are deep in thought,
and change your thought pattern and take a deep breath and change your mind youll see that the sea sickness will go, thus most people that start to operate the helm lose the feeling of seasickness, because they have started something that has taken them away from their mind- concentrating on something else, But you must catch it before the depression process turns physical and you do become sick, there is no turning back after the fact!
However you can prevent it i have found before it happens if you as i said change your thought pattern and snap out of it?
This works for me and id be more inclined to try this that seasickness tablets-
especially since the sturgen are reknowned to cause hillucenagenic tripping like feelings if consumed excessively-