Seasicknes

[Good]

Please som recommndations on medecin for seasicknes

 

[pugwash]

Big subject, often discussed. Most important thing is to try a range of different products and find the one that suits you 9and doesn't make you drowsy). For me it's Kwells or scalopomine patches, though these have side-effects you have to know about. But Kwells don't work for everyone. Others say Stugeron but it has no effect at all for me. Experiment. And take th stuff we ahead of time. No point in taking your pill as you motor out of harbour.

 

[Bergman]

My wife bought one of those electrical bracelet things, looks like a wrist watch and gives you small electrical shocks.

Cost £100 but it does work

I always drink mint tea remedy - recommended by an old arab.

 

[VicS]

I have found Stugeron reasonably effective if the first dose is taken well in advance but , although it dosn't make me drowsy, I feel awful from the first time asleep onwards.

The children have found the wrist bands effective for travel sickness generally. I have also found them useful.

I think I would try the cheaper remedies including natural ones like ginger before splashing out £100 on the electronic thingy esp. as you have no guarantee that that would work.

 

[billmacfarlane]

I read in a journal that cannabis can help alleviate seasickness . Hardly surprising since it's had some suceess as an anti nausea drug for people undergoing chemotherapy. The side affects could be interesting. " Hey man where are we ? " " Hey man whooooo cares ?" - apart of course from the legal aspects .

 

[jimi]

I suppose as long as you're outside territorial waters it does'nt matter, you've just got to smoke it all before you get back!

 

[VMALLOWS]

I think you've hit the nail on the head....but its a long way to Amsterdam.........also I never get seasick........

 

[bedouin]

I thought UK law always applied on board a UK registered vessel - what's more if they catch you they can probably confiscate the vessel.

 

[Keithw]

Stugeron also works fine for me. No noticeable side effects, but you must keep popping those pills every 6 hours or so.

 

[Chris_Stannard]

Are you seasick every time you go out? What happens if you spend two or three days on the boat, do you still get sick. If you get accustomed to the motion after a bit and are no longer sick then it is best to take nothing.

I would suggest you try the remedies like the watch first if you are going to try anything, as all pills do tend to reduce your alertness even if you think you are still okay.

Other things to thing about. Do not spend time below, but have your passage chart on a board covered with plastic so you can keep track in the cockpit. Make hot drinks in a flask before you sail, and sandwiches to eat, since the smell of the gas often adds to the problem. If you go below for a rest, lie down as quickly as possible. If there is someone in the crew who is not affected let them do the bit below decks.
good sailing
=

Chris Stannard

 

[jimiboy]

I agree that staying above deck as much as possible should make a big difference, and while you are there, keep an eye on the shoreline, or if out at sea, the horizon (if you can see it). It always helps me to have a stable point of reference to concentrate on and this seems to take attention away from the motion of the boat.

 

[billmacfarlane]

It'll be tough luck if you get seasick going TO Amsterdam.

 

[Bodach na mara]

I'm surprised no one has suggested the two remedies that always work for me,
Sit under a tree
If no tree available, take a large gin and tonic.

Ken Johnson

 

[Chris_Robb]

Cannabis - My daughter gets very sick on the first 2 days out. This year she smoked a small joint and had no nausia what so ever. She even managed to cook bacon butties in a force 5 southwesters that was making me feel queasy - and I am not normally sick.

The legality - well - customs boarded us in Helford the next day - thanks god they saw the customs cutter arrive!

I don't know whether a small joint would have an incapacitating effect on the user - but probably less than the drowsyness induced from pills. Note that I have no personal experiance!

 

[seaesta]

I find ginger is very effective in avioding the pukes - as is staying as warm as possible.

A packet of ginger nuts is much more available (at least round here) than the noxious weed and I would try these first - it works for me and others I know.

Having been accosted by HM customs on various trips I am adamant that there will be no reefers on my boat .

 

[tome]

Having seen this suggested on an earlier thread I told my mate about it - he always suffers first 24 hours. He asked around and was soon rewarded with a big rastafarian reefer. This he smoked and it worked a treat on the seasickness. Apparently his only problem was that he couldn't be bothered tacking and reckoned he took a long long time to tie up.

He's going to try again with a smaller dose!

 

[Chris_Robb]

I don't think you need a heavy dose. A very mild refer. I think perhaps I'll try and make some ginger biscuits with it in, as SWMBO won't smoke it and gets very seasick. you never know it might be the catalyst that changes her view of sailing.

As a cure - I think it is close to miraculous.

 

[tome]

Ginger biscuits sounds like a much better way of going about it than smoking a reefer. Wouldn't know how to go about making them, perhaps you could post or PM a recipe/instructions?

Am I right in thinking that HMG have made cannabis compulsory, or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

 

[Chris_Robb]

God knows how you make it! I am one of those rare people who has never taken it! Alcohol os good enough for me,

Seriously - I will find out as it probably is the best way to take it for non smokers. Seasickness really is the most debilitating problem and ruins most husband wife relationship on sailing.

 

[tome]

Totally agree - my wife suffers (and has always been a non-smoker). Consequence is that she tolerates sailing rather than enjoying it most of the time -although she loves visiting new places by boat etc. If I could find a cure for her I'd be delighted, ginger nuts sound good to me!

Personally I don't suffer apart from mild lethargy which I've learned to deal with so alcohol is good enough for me also.