seasick passengers

[Catherine Monaghan]

Sailed to Port Lucaya, Grand Bahama, the Bahamas from Stuart, FL in late March. There were seven of us on board. Only one crew member took anything for seasickness before leaving port. Four out of the seven crewmembers, including myself, became seasick after entering the gulf stream which was rather lumpy. The captain, my husband, and the one crew member that was using Dramamine were the only ones not sick.

I have been sailing for years an had never been seasick before so didn't think I'd be sick on this trip either -- WRONG.

Once out of the stream and the seastate settled down, we all felt better. Needless to say, I made a trip to a drug store once in Port Lucaya and purchased some Dramamine for myself.

I was fine for the trip back. The seas were calmer than on the trip over so I'm not sure if I would have been seasick again or not. I wasn't about to find out. Seasickness is not fun.

These were my symptoms, I started yawning (alot), I was cold (I was wearing a polartec pullover and my foul weather jacket when others were still in shorts) and I couldn't stop shivering. I also suffered from nausea, though I never actually through up, and I was dizzy.

Even though the beginning of the trip started out a bit rough, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. There's nothing like standing 1200-0300 or 0300-0600 watch with a full moon and sky filled with stars.

catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 Realization
Raritan Bay

Hi,
What things do people use to keep people from getting seasick besides meclazine?
Thanks Rich

catherine_monaghan@merck.com

[Stuart Timm]

First off, I am a Laser sailor, and I come from a family of powerboaters ( not the fast, bullet-shaped things, trawlers and fine keel boats thank you). All my life, I have spent many afternoons and weekends out on the water and have enjoyed those days. Very ralrely have I ever been seasick, but those times that I was, were quickly remedied for me by beer!

I was on my parent's trawler bound for Newport in Block Island Sound, in very choppy and nasty following, quartering seas. The trawler had a flybridge and I was clinging on while the boat rolled through 40 degrees every 10 seconds. After a while, on an empty stomach, I got the classic symptoms of the mal-de-mer. I managed to stumble down below without falling overboard and had a cold beer. The alcohol apparently eased my brain from it's argument that it was having with my inner ears, and the carbonated water in the beer acted as a bi-carbonate to sooth my stomach. After the beer went gratefully down, I became very hungry, (it was near 1200 hrs) and wolfed down a sandwich, and potatoe salad up on the flybridge with glee, while swinging like a yo-yo in those seas.

My other time was fishing (trawling actually)in low and long swells in a center-console, two stroke outboard boat with a gentle following breeze. The combined effects of the stench from the outboard at idle, soft seas and seven-eleven coffee in my gut, made for extra chumming that morning. My mates blamed it on the coffee. My tummy cleared up instantly once we were turned around, and running into the seas with fresh air to breath. Once in the bay, I hadn't a single symptom left, it was as if it never happened - strange!

I was browsing this interesting website, and am considering buying (someday soon I hope) a used Typhoon Weekender, CD-22 or perhaps a CD-25D ( these darned things are VERY expensive!). I do my "sailing" out of Centerport, NY. Thanks!



mitshu@juno.com

[Stuart Timm]

First off, I am a Laser sailor, and I come from a family of powerboaters ( not the fast, bullet-shaped things, trawlers and fine keel boats thank you). All my life, I have spent many afternoons and weekends out on the water and have enjoyed those days. Very ralrely have I ever been seasick, but those times that I was, were quickly remedied for me by beer!

I was on my parent's trawler bound for Newport in Block Island Sound, in very choppy and nasty following, quartering seas. The trawler had a flybridge and I was clinging on while the boat rolled through 40 degrees every 10 seconds. After a while, on an empty stomach, I got the classic symptoms of the mal-de-mer. I managed to stumble down below without falling overboard and had a cold beer. The alcohol apparently eased my brain from it's argument that it was having with my inner ears, and the carbonated water in the beer acted as a bi-carbonate to sooth my stomach. After the beer went gratefully down, I became very hungry, (it was near 1200 hrs) and wolfed down a sandwich, and potatoe salad up on the flybridge with glee, while swinging like a yo-yo in those seas.

My other time was fishing (trawling actually)in low and long swells in a center-console, two stroke outboard boat with a gentle following breeze. The combined effects of the stench from the outboard at idle, soft seas and seven-eleven coffee in my gut, made for extra chumming that morning. My mates blamed it on the coffee. My tummy cleared up instantly once we were turned around, and running into the seas with fresh air to breath. Once in the bay, I hadn't a single symptom left, it was as if it never happened - strange!

I was browsing this interesting website, and am considering buying (someday soon I hope) a used Typhoon Weekender, CD-22 or perhaps a CD-25D ( these darned things are VERY expensive!). I do my "sailing" out of Centerport, NY. Thanks!



mitshu@juno.com