I don¹t have much opportunity to get seasick here on Lake Champlain, but on the cold, stormy North Pacific in Alaska, where I lived for years (my brother still has a fishing boat on Prince William Sound) I was always seasick. Sailing on the Tustumena from Homer to Kodiak, often meant 9 hours of 30 foot seas and 40-50 know wind. Dramamine didn¹t work for me, although I¹m intrigued by the 3 day previous idea, but since then I found ginger. Not the tiny amount in ginger ale or ginger snaps, but the chewable wafers that melt in your mouth that contain lots of real ginger. If you can¹t find those, then crystallized ginger can be found in health food stores and co-ops and also works well. My partner Kathy gets seasick watching boats from shore, and the ginger really works for her. Ed
From: D Harben <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:01:17 -0400 To: Andrew Burton <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List getting seasick .... any pointers to or lists of possible MEDS? On Jun 23, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > Just noticed Joel saying he'd had to turn around because a crewmember was so > sick on the way home from Bermuda. (Welcome home, Joel!) > > This is a public service message. As one who suffered for three days on his > first offshore passage, I know how bad being seasick can be. Since that time > I've racked up more miles under sail than most. I've also introduced a lot of > crewmembers and clients to offshore sailing-- where getting seasick is a > constant hazard. I have found out what works and what doesn't. I will share it > with you for the low, low one-time price of...oh wait, that would mean > Stu....nevermind. > > During my offshore sailing program where I took sailors to sea for their first > offshore experiences, I once had 54 newbies leaving Newport on 10 different > boats. our departure was delayed for three days. Each day, we thought we would > leave the next day, so everyone took their seasick medication. By the time we > finally got out on the water, each crewmember had three days worth of their > preferred medication in their system. As a result, only one person was sick in > the fairly rough conditions we encountered the first couple of days, and the > guy who was sick was a "mighty man of the sea" who never got seasick and > didn't take any meds. > > It did not matter what kind of meds the sailors were using, as long as it was > well into their system. > > Normally, I would have expected at least 65-75% attrition in those conditions. > > The above even works for my bride, who gets sick if she looks at a puddle on a > windy day. > > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260
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