Jim@sea
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I have always taken vitamin C so I would not know if it prevents sea sickness but I do know that the majority of my ailments are cured by Vitamin Sea especially at 20 knots.
sea sickness, vitamin C
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I have always taken vitamin C so I would not know if it prevents sea sickness but I do know that the majority of my ailments are cured by Vitamin Sea especially at 20 knots.
Tidewaiter2
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Sybarite
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Patches work for Swmbo.
25931
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It can for people who beleive, as can many other nostrums.
In my delivery days I was often sick when I relaxed shortly after departure because of tiredness and stress due to making somebody else's boat fit for sea.
Tidewaiter2
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It must be the added fish pooSea water works even better(Dioralyte is just salt + glucose) Isotonic drink can be made with 1 part seawater + 4-5 parts fresh + some sugar. Roughly. Warm drinks are better. Good effect I've seen with bit of sea water followed by tea with sugar and ginger.
Ginger works for many. Ginger ale theoretically not recommended
Daydream believer
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Stress is a big factor & i am always sick first sail of the season. Even if i sleep on board overnight beforehand. If i am on a mooring i usually have to get in the dinghy & go for a row round to work it of. I am also a migraine sufferer & whilst i can handle the headache the "dizzy" period is the worse
I sail single handed & suffer really badly being sick on 25% of trips. I have been almost incapacitated more than once sailing a light weather trips from Bradwell to Felixstowe by the time I reach the Knoll
Fortunately my Aeries takes over
My wife bought me one of those electric watches & this cut sea sickness down by 75% & has been the most successful item so far. Well worth the ridiculous cost!!
Most people ask why i do it but i just love sailing. In the early years i felt like just jumping over the side but now i know it will go in about 12-18 hours so i get on with it. I drink as much water as i can & eat digestive biscuits
I cannot lay down in my cockpit so i am about to get a sort of " hammock" made which is like a deckchair cloth. This will go in the hatchway so i can collapse with my head just below cabin top but supported by the cloth. I should be able to keep some form of watch which is always my biggest concern. So far i have been lucky but i cannot see luck holding out much longer.
I sail single handed & suffer really badly being sick on 25% of trips. I have been almost incapacitated more than once sailing a light weather trips from Bradwell to Felixstowe by the time I reach the Knoll
Fortunately my Aeries takes over
My wife bought me one of those electric watches & this cut sea sickness down by 75% & has been the most successful item so far. Well worth the ridiculous cost!!
Most people ask why i do it but i just love sailing. In the early years i felt like just jumping over the side but now i know it will go in about 12-18 hours so i get on with it. I drink as much water as i can & eat digestive biscuits
I cannot lay down in my cockpit so i am about to get a sort of " hammock" made which is like a deckchair cloth. This will go in the hatchway so i can collapse with my head just below cabin top but supported by the cloth. I should be able to keep some form of watch which is always my biggest concern. So far i have been lucky but i cannot see luck holding out much longer.
Zagato
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My severe seas sickness was I realise now from not eating properly (a bag of cheesy Tortillas for breakfast just before going out into the Solent doesn't help 
), stress (new boats, new sailing area, everything was a challenge all at once ) and lastly I have always suffered badly from motion sickness (cars, ferries, coaches).
I have not been sick since sailing in the estuary and spending the night on board the day before I go out to sea properly to get used to the motion, eat properly and getting accustomed to the boat and sailing area.
I'll try one of those ginger tablets from Holland & Barret and a CHILL PILL
), stress (new boats, new sailing area, everything was a challenge all at once ) and lastly I have always suffered badly from motion sickness (cars, ferries, coaches). I have not been sick since sailing in the estuary and spending the night on board the day before I go out to sea properly to get used to the motion, eat properly and getting accustomed to the boat and sailing area.
I'll try one of those ginger tablets from Holland & Barret and a CHILL PILL
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pmyatt
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Large doses of Vitamin C can induce diarrhoea - inconvenient if vomiting at the same time ! ! !
Rowana
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Your navigation isn't too hot if you think Peterheid is in England
The locals spik Doric onywye - Try listening to a couple of Peterhead trawlers
Daydream believer
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Your navigation isn't too hot if you think Peterheid is in England
The locals spik Doric onywye - Try listening to a couple of Peterhead trawlers
You miss read my post i said i went round England. which I did
I did not mention part of scotland,wales, the IOM or the channel islands - all of which i circumnavigated
I did not say peterhead was in England
In fact i am quite glad it is not. You can keep it
Mind you if you want it you can have Grimsby as well. We all have a cross to bear
thalassa
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I don't think taking large doses of Vitamin C to deal with seasickness is a very good idea.
It may help nausea but it causes diarrhoea
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Vitamin C is ascorbic acid. For most people it is seldom a good idea to eat or drink anything that is acidic. I once did a rough passage with two people with Yacht Masters' and two Atlantic crossings as experience. I was just crew, and soon the only one able to steer the boat, having had a sober diet of biscuits and bread. The others had dined on tomato soup and some grapefruit to finish off. The skipper-owner had just 'sold up' to buy the yacht. In the middle of the night, he said to me 'if the boat would go down now, I couldn't care less'.
Indeed whatever works for you... but stay away from anything acidic.
Ginger in pills or as snaps (we have sugared root on board) helps, as does cinnarizine. In Belgium available under the generic name or as 'Stugeron'.
dulcibella
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Linus Pauling was a mixed bag - brilliant structural chemist but published a completely impossible structure for DNA shortly before Watson and Crick came up with the right answer. However, I take my hat off to his resolution in standing up to McCarthyism even though the US government stopped him from travelling abroad - his Nobel Peace Prize was as well earned as the Chemistry one.
FishyInverness
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Resolution
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Hey DDB, we have much in common. I too am often sick, have been for years, have tried loads of different pills and chucked on regardless. The cattle prod watch has been the most successful thing by far, only let me down twice in the last two years. I also keep a water bottle for myself, but bulk out mine with a tube of plain Pringles - easy to digest, calms a raw stomach, and crucially takes time to eat, so keeps the mind occupied.
