Sea Sickness relief

[castaway]

Crossed to Cherbourg last Saturday from Portsmouth with a light NNE breeze so dead down wind. As soon as clear of the IOW we were corkscrewing along merrily with vangs guys and every damn thing trying to keep the rig from crashing around, and starting to feel a touch 'queasy', which is farely unusual for me.

Anyway by chance had a pack of those 'Snack-a- Jack' things (BBQ flavour) and I tried one of these just to try and change the feeling in my tum...

Amazing, almost instant relief from queasyness. So I slowly munched my way across, half a pack there and half back.

The return leg included 30 mins in the engine bay, whilst hove to with my head down sorting a teck problem,just about the worst sort of nausia inducing situation, once again no problem.

Id be interested in any other 'feedback' (no pun!)

Regds Nick

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[Laurin]

I've heard the same about beed flavoured monster munch for the sicky feeling with migrane.... could be related?

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[castaway]

I'm not familiar with Beed flavoured Monster Munch, but I think that the Snack a Jack things are actually Pop-Corn in a more convienient form.

Nick

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[clouty]

I used to give the kids ginger beer. I like spicy stuff on passage - curries and such. Ginger snap biscuits also help some. My mum used to feed me Carlsberg when underway, aged from 6 months. Now I know why I like it!
After a sleep, not many still feel sick - depending on the conditions...
After 3 days, we've all got our sealegs.


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[Gunfleet]

Trouble with ginger biscuits is that every time you look for them you find the crew (ie the son) has scoffed them all!

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[BlackSheep]

There is only one sure fire cure for seasickness..... Lie down underneath a tree! works every time!

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[castaway]

I've used the ginger buiscuit cure for years but now favor the snackajack method..

Nick

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[peterb]

Not sure about that! I once saw a Chinese junk with a tree growing in a container on the poop. Often wondered whether someone had heard the story about lying under a tree.

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[GeorgeP]

Crystallised ginger

Seems to work for me. Along with the occaisional boiled sweet.
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