motion sickness.

[LakeCleElum]

Originally Posted by allaircooled

If I forgot, I would wish I was dead for sure.

Worked on a fishing boat in Alaska the summer I was 17.....I've always said:

The first few days, I was afraid I would die, the 3rd and 4th day, I was afraid I WOULDN'T die......

[bmcuscgr94]

I've tried all sorts of the remedies since I was a kid. I get sick when its flat and calm if I'm underway for more than half a day. I do best when we're bouncing around and there's a good breeze. Looking at the horizon is a key for me. Got the same advice as mentioned here from an old salt when I was a kid.

What worked for me was the patch (dry mouth was the side effect). I've tried the wrist bands, and Bonine or Dramamine. For the last two I learned not to take more than 1/2 a pill at a time otherwise I was so sleepy I was wasn't much help.

These boats ride like a cork, you get used to it most of the time.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by biosurfer1

My dad went deep sea fishing once (ONCE) and he was on and around boats most of his life, just not open sea boats. He said its a good thing he didn't have his checkbook with him because he would have paid the captain anything he wanted to take him back.

He always says the craziest thing was the very first step back on the dock and he was instantly fine, like nothing ever happened...except for the memories that bubble up when ever someone mentions anything about "deep sea"

He is right, instantly. when I was a kid, I did a bit of deep sea fishing. There were days I was fine and there are others days where I would feed the fish all day long. That bastard captain ain't turning back until its the end of the day. The worst part is when the fishes aren't biting and you are just awaiting death with nothing else to throw up.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

Ahh, the memories...



The only time I prayed to Ralph, the Porcelain God, was after eating a curry dish during heavy seas out in the North Atlantic. To this day I won't eat curry.

Jim, that's one heck of a roller coaster ride. Is the front 1/3 of the ship under water? I want to hurl just looking at that pic. Do you get stuck in a big storm like that for a day or more?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I, thankfully, never suffered from motion sickness even in really big seas. The below is actually fairly calm seas:



The keys for me were:

- Eat. Saltines were mentioned.
- Patch. Get the prescription stuff. I never needed one but they do work.
- Stay on the bridge. If possible, stay above decks. The closet I ever came to getting sick was during the monsoon season in the Indian Ocean. Huge seas, Perfect Storm seas: For days. 75% of the crew of the Frigate I was on were sick. Some guys were on IV's. I got my lawn chair out when I felt bad, sat against the hangar doors on the flight deck and tied myself in. Watched the horizon and instantly felt better.
- Go on a one day something trip before the ten day. The tuna boat is going to move, a bunch.

This is a good link: Avoiding Seasickness - Cruises - Cruise Critic

So sailors ever fall overboard during rough seas?

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by look 171

Jim, that's one heck of a roller coaster ride. Is the front 1/3 of the ship under water? I want to hurl just looking at that pic. Do you get stuck in a big storm like that for a day or more?

Yeah, those WWII-era tin-cans do a pretty good submarine imitation. The ship in that pic was in the same class of destroyers that my first ship was in. Fun ride. Up and down, side to side, rinse and repeat.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by look 171

So sailors ever fall overboard during rough seas?

Only on Tuna Boats

They do. If you look closely at the picture I posted, the two young men are wearing float coats. The "nets" are also down since it is helo recovery time. The thing on the deck one of the men is staring at is called the Rapid Securing Device (RSD).

The helo, guided by the LSO (who stands looking up at the helo from the little shack on the left in the picture) puts a "main probe" in the RSD and the LSO then clamps two bars hydraulically around the probe.

No one is on deck during landing.

Ships routinely secure what are known as "weather decks" during big seas.

Jim's ship was not for the feint of heart.

[campbellcj]

I made myself queasy driving on Latigo Canyon a couple weeks ago. I very rarely get motion sickness and it has never, ever happened to me while I was driving. Weird.

[1990C4S]

A half a dramamine pill will probably work for you.

It's sold over the counter here, I don't believe it is in the USA. If you want some to try PM me.

[cairns]

Get the patch. I'm not the only instructor who gets sick at Shenandoah. They do work.

[vash]

Have a tuna trip pending. Out of San Diego. Jim, you up for a beer?

I'm gonna email my doc about the patch.

Thx


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[ZOA NOM]

Ahh... you guys are bringing it all back. Nothing like a tin can... I always tell the carrier guys "I flushed more sea water than you ever saw." 4 years aboard the USS Henry B. Wilson, DDG-7, 2 WESPAC's... seasick for most of it. LOL

Cliffy, get the scopalomine patch or do not go.