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Does anybody have any tried and tested cures for seasickness?
Im fine on fast boats, but slower rolling boats make me feel
I dont hold alot of faith in medication but ill give it a try.
Can you ever get over it so its not a problem anymore?
Its kind of a big thing for me as we have two boats and i love working on them and going out.
Thanks!
Im fine on fast boats, but slower rolling boats make me feel
I dont hold alot of faith in medication but ill give it a try.
Can you ever get over it so its not a problem anymore?
Its kind of a big thing for me as we have two boats and i love working on them and going out.
Thanks!
I was going to suggest just lying down horizontally for the duration of the voyage but seeing as you want to do stuff on the boat I won't 
The best "cure" is to simply keep going out on the boat. Don't stay out there once you start to feel sick, as that won't help though. Go out and the moment you start to feel sick, head back for shore. Eventually your body will get used to it and you'll be able to stay out all day. Keeping busy whilst on the boat will also help, as it'll take your mind off being sick
The best "cure" is to simply keep going out on the boat. Don't stay out there once you start to feel sick, as that won't help though. Go out and the moment you start to feel sick, head back for shore. Eventually your body will get used to it and you'll be able to stay out all day. Keeping busy whilst on the boat will also help, as it'll take your mind off being sick
Some of the anti motion sickness drugs may be effective, but they don't work for everyone. You can also get those electronic wrist belt things that are supposed to stimulate certain nerves. A guy at my sailing club uses one and he swears by it. Don't have a fry up for breakfast, try porridge or something simple instead, but don't have an empty stomach.
Other than that you can try to minimised the effects by keeping busy, be on the helm or doing something on deck. Trying to concentrate on something like chart work or worse, a computer screen, down below can make it worse. Diesel fumes also have an effect.
If you do get really sick, staying on deck and looking out of the boat can help, but otherwise you can try lying down with your eyes closed - this removes the conflic between your eyes and ears that causes the sickness feeling.
Other than that you can try to minimised the effects by keeping busy, be on the helm or doing something on deck. Trying to concentrate on something like chart work or worse, a computer screen, down below can make it worse. Diesel fumes also have an effect.
If you do get really sick, staying on deck and looking out of the boat can help, but otherwise you can try lying down with your eyes closed - this removes the conflic between your eyes and ears that causes the sickness feeling.
1: Ginger biscuits - they really do work.
2: Look at the horizon.
3: Those wrist bands - not the electric ones but ones with like marbles in - they apply pressure to a specific point around your pulse point on your wrist - or make your own with a sweatband and a marble. These work briliiantly - both for seasickness and for car sickness.
2: Look at the horizon.
3: Those wrist bands - not the electric ones but ones with like marbles in - they apply pressure to a specific point around your pulse point on your wrist - or make your own with a sweatband and a marble. These work briliiantly - both for seasickness and for car sickness.
I go down the drugs route, but then the only time I really get on a boat is on a cross-channel ferry!! The best tablets to get are the Boots own brand travel sickness tablet. They are one of the few that don't make you drowsy or feel like you are siemi-drugged, and one tablet usually lasts about 8 hours
The horizon thing worked best for me. First time I was on a ship I spent 24 hours or thereabouts in my bunk, then I got out and went on deck, filled stomach with something to stop things slopping around in the space, focused on the horizon and I never was affected the same way again.
The Sea-legs thing works too, use your legs to keep your upper body static, if you're always falling over or feeling wobbly you're too stiff down below (so to speak). As far as doing things goes, don't look down too often, I would still be affected if I was doing something such as coiling a rope that was being fed by a winch. Keep looking up so your eyes and inner ear are delivering the same message to your brain - it's the two conflicting messages that causes you to feel sick.
The Sea-legs thing works too, use your legs to keep your upper body static, if you're always falling over or feeling wobbly you're too stiff down below (so to speak). As far as doing things goes, don't look down too often, I would still be affected if I was doing something such as coiling a rope that was being fed by a winch. Keep looking up so your eyes and inner ear are delivering the same message to your brain - it's the two conflicting messages that causes you to feel sick.
I use sea sick bands to help my seasickness. No drugs at all.
You wear them on your wrists 3 finger widths down from where your wrist meets your hand. There is a little white plastic nodule that sticks out on the underside of the band and you place this in the center of the wrist. They are totally re usable and only cost a couple of quid to buy from almost any pharmacy.
Mine have got me across the north sea and back and several trips to Orkney across the pentland firth with out feeling sick.
You wear them on your wrists 3 finger widths down from where your wrist meets your hand. There is a little white plastic nodule that sticks out on the underside of the band and you place this in the center of the wrist. They are totally re usable and only cost a couple of quid to buy from almost any pharmacy.
Mine have got me across the north sea and back and several trips to Orkney across the pentland firth with out feeling sick.
Edited by sherman on Tuesday 14th July 23:18
Get a private prescription for Scopoderm (by Novartis) from your GP, or even try to buy it over the counter from a pharmacist. Sometimes it has to be ordered.
You get 2 patches in a pack, about the size of a 1p coin. Place one behind the ear, and it gives around 48-72 hours protection from motion sickness. The drug, dihydroergotamine, goes straight into your blood and continues to be delivered slow and steady. Much better than tablets which themselves can make some people feel queasy.
You get 2 patches in a pack, about the size of a 1p coin. Place one behind the ear, and it gives around 48-72 hours protection from motion sickness. The drug, dihydroergotamine, goes straight into your blood and continues to be delivered slow and steady. Much better than tablets which themselves can make some people feel queasy.
TUS 373 said:
Get a private prescription for Scopoderm (by Novartis) from your GP.
Seconded. We used to have a lot of sailing holidays & it would take us 2-3 days each time to get our sea legs. After we started using Scopoderm (on the advice of a fellow sailor), our holiday could 'start' from day one.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff