Seasickness

[Langlo06]

Any advise for sea sickness. Daughter just started sailing with her hubby but has a tendency of become sea sick, whether the seas are rough or relatively calm.

[msmith10]

give her the helm as much as possible

[jackdale]

There are several threads on seasickness. Try a search.

The drugs do help but they are different for everyone. They should be tried BEFORE getting on the water to determine what side-effects will get you.

Taking the helm is a great solution, but has to be done early at the first onset of symptoms.

[Lake Superior Sailor]

I have found sea bands work great & you don't have the draw backs of a drug! Plus are reuseable! -Dale

[DonScribner]

Here we go again! No explanation to garner arguments over, there are SO many opinions her. Opinions are like eyebrows . . . . everybody has at least one.

Ginger root works wonders for most people. I comes in capsules, chews and candies. We never leave shore without it!

[vega1860]

I get seasick. I was seasick for 23 days crossing the Pacific in 2007

I was sure that it would go away in one more day as I had never gone more than three days with it before.

Now I take Drammamine/Bonine.

[Minnewaska]

Primary cause is conflicting data between your eyes and your inner ear, which senses gravity. Keep her eyes on the horizon and the two will be in synch. If you are looking at anything inside the boat, your eyes see no relative motion, but you're ears sense it and ...... Bingo. Closing one's eyes also eliminates the conflict, as your brain then focuses on input from the ear alone.

I was also told once, by an old salty CG Capt, to slowly but continuously keep something dry in your stomach. Unsalted pretzels, crackers, etc. I use gold fish crackers.

Finally, from personal observation, I find those that are nervous, to be most susceptible. Keep everything mellow......

[LauderBoy]

Originally Posted by Minnewaska

Primary cause is conflicting data between your eyes and your inner ear, which senses gravity.

Yeah, I've heard that the confusion in signals triggers a "poison response" by your body. Hence the "purge" reaction and it's also why it's so variable as to what can trigger it and what can remedy it.

So... have her basically try everything. Learn what triggers it, what suppresses it and understand it's just something that has to be learned how to manage it.

[kwaltersmi]

An old grinning salt once said, "The best way to avoid sea sickness is to sit by an old oak tree somewhere out in the country." Obviously, that's a snide remark, but still I think the point may be that sometimes there's no avoiding it. There's a seastate and condition somewhere that will get us all at sometime.

On a more helpful note, check out this great blog post from Windtraveler about seasickness:http://www.windtraveler.net/2012/01/seasickness.html

[Lake Superior Sailor]

Sea Bands work , Are cheap to buy, Do not make you tired, Not a drug,no side effects and have lots of folks that swear by them ! They would be my first choice--Dale