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My first encounter with seasickness was on a trip from West Palm Beach to West End. It was my first trip on the big pond. We left at 8:00PM that evening and half way across the wind picked up and we were in 8 ft seas. I was over the rail calling Ralph for about 6 hrs until we docked at West End.
I am very susceptible to seasickness and have tried everything. Beer works well but I don’t like to drink while operating a boat. The best thing that works for me is the scopolamine patch. Although some friends have told me that they have had adverse effects, I’ve never experienced any. No sleepiness, no dry mouth.
The admiral never gets seasick and thinks it’s all in my head. We were sailing in the BVI several years ago and I was using the patch without any problems. One day I started felling bad and as the day went on I started feeling worse. Finally, I told her that we needed to go in, because I wasn’t feeling well. I thought, too much sun, too much rum. That’s when she told me that my patch had fallen off and she wanted to see if it really worked! I asked her if she had ever heard of keelhauling. I put on another patch and started feeling better.
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