SWMBO doesn't like it rough

[Nick_H]

... being at anchor or on a buoy is out of the question and she feels sick in a few mins .... what are our options

As others have said, a bigger boat wont avoid seasickness in a rolly anchorage or choppy sea. The only option I can think of is to fit a stabiliser.

My mother has just spent 3 days on board with us, and she normally feels sick if she looks at a postcard of the sea, but with our gyro running we stayed out all day and she was OK.

It's an expensive option, and you need a generator to run it as well, but from what you've said it may be the only way for you to keep boating.

 

[Portofino]

Buy an Itama
Snap --- My wife was the same with a Sunseeker -bounced about - so I looked into the science of boat ride . Discovered dead rise , shaft angle , center of gravity -- etc .
Prob now solved

 

[MapisM]

Discovered dead rise , shaft angle , center of gravity -- etc.

Portofino, you already know that I have utmost respect for Itamas, and if I were looking for an open boat they would be pretty high in my short list.
Therefore, I will NOT ask you wtf the shafts angle have to see with boat rolling (particularly at zero speed!), to avoid you the hassle of trying to explain that...

 

[Uricanejack]

Canal boat?

 

[sorabain]

Well, neither while parked, in a car.
But that's exactly what happens with boats, as per first post.
Hard to imagine that being in command or not while anchored can make any difference...

To be fair the OP also mentioned anything over F3 being "bumpy", it's possible that the passenger is being somewhat affected by nausea before trying to anchor at all, and helming might help that.

Secondly, I can also suffer from seasickness when not moving in a bit of swell (21' rib), but being in command does make a difference even when not moving, perhaps because it means i have a reason to be scanning outside the boat regularly, giving me something to concentrate on and a regular reference to the horizon, the general sense of responsibility to stay sharp etc.

 

[thecommander]

Perhaps she's in love with the idea of the water (eg the glamorous Princess marketing buff ) but the reality is somewhat different? Perhaps buy a nice house on the beach instead?

 

[Portofino]

Portofino, you already know that I have utmost respect for Itamas, and if I were looking for an open boat they would be pretty high in my short list.
Therefore, I will NOT ask you wtf the shafts angle have to see with boat rolling (particularly at zero speed!), to avoid you the hassle of trying to explain that...

Nowt to do with roll @ anchor -agree
But you get less pitching -ie more flat ride in a "sea " / rolly swell when planing -more arrow piecing ( with the fine entry ) and deadrise = flatter ride for a given speed .

Today I ran down a s/skr superhawk 50 on Arnesons up Wind -in a 2-3 M short sharpe chop
He was circa 24 knots ( way under speed ) but pitching like made -almost 45 Degree on the ups .
We gilded past flat -ish @ 28 knots not pitching -slicing /parting the sea
my Wife +friend and his sea sickly wife all ok -

 

[Portofino]

Post script today I been to the Cannes boat show and the CEO of Ferritti is "charming " --- sea sicky SWIMBO ,s on Get this his Itama 62 -yup he could have anything in the 7 Brand ranges .

Yesterday @ 5 pm the Pershing. (new) fleet were out in the bay of Cannes and some punter driving a 92
tried to run me down @ 30 knots in a big sea - we left him to smell our fumes .

Sea trailed a Riva 52 -farsical ride slammed more than my Sunseeker - wife- told the sales guy zero chance of a sale .
I just turned down wind and headed to port .

 

[Mr Proach]

I'm going to be shot down in flames here but I used to suffer from seasickness but refused to allow it to get the better of me. Keep you head up and watch the horizon or the approaching swell until you get used to it. Then try and look away or down and see if you keep your equilibrium. Never dwell on thoughts of seasickness. It's hard to do when you feel your stomach first churn but if you can put it to the back of your mind you can keep it there. Thoughts or anxiety over getting sick at this point just hasten it with a vengeance and once it has a hold there is no cure but dry land.
Stugeron seasick pills help. But you start taking them 24 hours before you set foot on the boat. Otherwise they do not help as much and will make you drowsy. But by the second dose the drowsiness fades. Seasick is horrid but can be overcome by state of mind and positive thinking. Finally never stand in the interior of the boat in a swell. Always sit or lie until you are used to the motion and then face the direction of the motion. It has worked for me and I dont believe I am unique in this. Good luck.

+1

Great advice

 

[XPS]

Superhawk 50 had Buzzi Surface drives not arnesons which have a fixed angle of trim so probably would have been a better bet at your speed rather than 24 knots.... Dead rise on the 50 is 24 degrees at stern with a variable vee forward only ever getting finer.

 

[Portofino]

Superhawk 50 had Buzzi Surface drives not arnesons which have a fixed angle of trim so probably would have been a better bet at your speed rather than 24 knots.... Dead rise on the 50 is 24 degrees at stern with a variable vee forward only ever getting finer.

Yup I thought a bit more speed would have helped? -there were 4 adults laying on the rear sun pad -so guess it may have been a CoG issues -- biased too much to the stern -engines ,people and surface drives .
Any how it sure was pitching about

 

[XPS]

Yes trim and speed can be a killer if not considered, no matter how good or bad the hull is. Superhawk 50 not an easy boat to drive as drives are fixed and has a two speed gearbox so you can dramatically increase speed with only the flip of a switch or sit there in first gear going nowhere.