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What's the goto cure or preferred method of stopping it happening?
Me, I like a full belly. If I'm hungry I feel like Shit in heavy seas and have been known to add to burly trail. White bread ham sandwiches-instant cure. (Oh and sealegs pills are cheap insurance.....)
I go in in nothing smaller than the inter island ferry, only go on fine flat days, and do a double dose of sea legs. Works every time
I used to get a bit queezy picking up dive tanks from the front of a small boat.
I got seriously sea sick bluefin tuna fishing years ago for 3 days. It was miserable.
Got my legs on the 4th day and haven't been close to being sea sick since.
Worked on a boat for 3 months in central Pacific in 2011 and never even got close to being ill that whole time.
Maybe getting it so bad way back cured me[emoji16]
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I thought I was seasick for the first time last year with @Munsey. Turned out that I was just sick and took a couple of weeks to get over it. Bloody wondered why I was seasick when I'd been out in way way worse conditions.
More fishing practice usually cures it. I get so seasick I cant leave the rack for first 2-3 days whenever had to go to sea for work. After that no worries.
Never got sea sick up in the Pacific Islands or the Solomons but then they really don't generally have the same conditions here.
I much prefered it though when I was working in the Offshore Oil Industry, Platforms don't move much and you got delivered to work generally by Kerosene Budgie
Paihia bombers fixed up the Mrs. Think they stopped making them due to an ingredient shortage. Call the pharmacy in Paihia
When I was commercial diving on sewage outfalls in Hawks Bay, we used to take Benezine, no side effects for the diver. Sadly no longer available. Nausi Calm is the Bees knees for the bride, but be prepared to answer questions when you purchase it.
Mate of mine (ex charter skipper) used to tell any of his clients that were sick that the sure fire cure for sea sickness was to stand under a tree.:D
Lots of beer helps.
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Wasn't that for the other old seasickness, scurvy?Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
No coffee. If any sighns of feeling hot, take off a layer or two. Watch the far horizon keeping the head up, not down; and drink cok\ca cola. When I had my charter boats, I always kept a carton of coke on board, and always watched for any sign of a passenger looking a little hot and bothered, and got them to take off jacket and drink a can of coke. Seemed to always work. Make sure they are not dehydrated before going to sea as well.
This should help:thumbsup:Attachment 86156
As a side note the author found out in his investigation of the story that those that get seasick are usually the first to perish in this situation.:(
Yep. Being seasick dehydrates the body quickly. All manner of reactions follow.
They still make them. I swear by them - its the only way I travel on the ferry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Combo of anti-histamine and caffeine. They do leave you a bit drowsy, would not recommend driving after taking them, but better than hurling all the way over the straights...
@Pengy your thoughts please!! :thumbsup:
Ginger nuts and not a gut full of piss the night before help heaps...also keeping your head , my fatal floor counting scallops with a smokey two stroke ....blurhhh...also seriously a good morning / before fishing movement and keeping you bladder empty. Holding on causes uncomfortable tummies causing ....bluhhhh
Chocolate milk and a steak and cheese pie from the servo on the way to the boat ramp is my go-to.
Colleague with no sea legs swears by the Paihia bombs, not sure either if they still compound them. Can but ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Paihia Pharmacy - Paihia's local pharmacy
Piha Bombs are the shizz. Never being sick with them but I still gotta watch the horizon. Bending down to get bait can still fuck me up a bit...not sick just ..queasy..
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The bombers do work for me, but make me very sleepy, so bit of a catch 22.Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
The pharm in Whitianga used to sell them, although not marketed as Pahia bombers, so it is not a brand name.
Sitting under a tree works well
Rum
avoid jimmys pies for breakfast ! , where heading to port adventure Thursday morning going by Yr it mite a bit bumpy..9m a sec wind in the night
I went to work on a Barramundi boat years back, had never spent anymore than an afternoon out on the loughs backs home. First job was to walk along the booms and untie them, while going out in a bit of chop. Never got seasick and found I have great sea legs.
Months later, I came back to Cairns and went to the store for supplies, tried to walk down an aisle in Woolies and got fierce land sickness. The whole shop started to heave from one side to the other, the aisle were swaying and I crashed into an old ladies trolley. Nearly took her out.
I was like that for days and was only steadier when I was on the rums. I finally understood why Cpt. Sparrow gets around like he does though. Started calling it "being Sparrowed" after that.
Yip, my worst has been four days of land sickness, the worst is in the shower, cant stand on my own two feet :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lore
Oh yeah, any closed space, I remember trying to take showers! Feel like a dog in the boot of car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Speaking of, being in the car after months of only being in tinnies. Missus driving at 100km was absolutely terrifying (even more than usual) when you're not used to those speeds or someone else in control of the vehicle.
I think I left claw makes in the dash of her sonata.
Hate to ask @Lore what's the story behind you and a dog in the boot?:thumbsup::XD: our did ya take turns :P to see who would last longest;)
haha. Have you never seen a dog in the boot of a station wagon, they're all over the place.
I thought it was a common thing. Maybe that was just my dog then.
I find after a few weeks at sea (even on a decent sized ship), trying to have a shower ashore is a mind-bend swaying and rocking all over the place.
Yeah @Lore tell us. :redbullsmiley: My dog loves me more than the Mrs. After a hour in the boot the dog licks me and is friendly, after the Mrs been in the boot for a hour I spend a week in intensive care. :wtfsmilie:
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Originally Posted by Dorkus
9 and a bit months was the longest I spent continuous at sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
I know exactly what both of you mean with the walking down the wharf and the having a shower on land but I can say it is definitely dependant on the boat you have been living on and its type of motion/way it reacts to the weather.....one boat I was on (only 2 weeks wee inshore boat) I could barely walk down the wharf after getting off!
Most of my time was spent on larger factory trawlers.......as far as land sick goes the bigger and older the better.....the sturkoda (spelling) vessels are quite lively being a bit smaller and lighter and I could find myself swaying at the bar when I had barely had a drink where the larger vessels i never felt that at all.
I get the shower sways on hard out if I have been sitting on anchor close to shore in my 4.5m fryan even for a couple of hours.....its the wishy washy motion that does it tho by the time I have got home washed the boat and all the gear/filleted all the fish, cooked the fish,eaten the fish, vac packed all the other fish and frozen it I most probably have had a number of beers by the time I hit the shower :ORLY:
I have felt a bit queezy a few times but mostly just tired for the first 2 days of the trip(this is actually sea sickness apparently) the one time I have thrown up was after 3x 7week trips i got 36 hours on land which understandabley I made the most of ;) then we steamed out into shit weather, head down in the upper factory deck assembling belts as the boat punched out, factory smelled like shit after sitting dry in port.....of to the toilet for a chunder.
One of my drinks must have been served in a dirty glass I recon.
You can use ginger as an effective preventive measure for motion sickness. At the very least, it can’t hurt. Take one to two grams of ginger half an hour before traveling for best results. If you’re on prescription blood thinners, consult your doctor before supplementing with ginger.
