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Re: Sea Sickness Remedies
[Re: Shifty]
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01/05/2019 05:32 PM
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GlennA
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The Scopolamine patch is about as sure fire as you can get. Just be prepared for cotton mouth (solved by copius beer consumption) and disorienting dreams after. For me, Dramamine and Bonine don't work as well as ginger snaps and a copper penny taped to your belly button.
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Re: Sea Sickness Remedies
[Re: Shifty]
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01/05/2019 08:44 PM
01/05/2019 08:44 PM
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I take and reccomend Bonine all the time. It's cheap, effective and no side effects. Take every day when you wake up and no problems for me or the crew.
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Re: Sea Sickness Remedies
[Re: Shifty]
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01/06/2019 11:46 AM
01/06/2019 11:46 AM
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My routine to avoid " that feeling" would start the day before wheels up with Bonine in the morning. Then every morning through air travel ( usually one day but stuff does happen). Every morning for the first 3 days on the boat, at which time I'd try a day without. Usually that would do the trick for me for the rest of the trip, but if seas were ugly or we were planning a long(ish) sailing leg, I'd just dose up again for that day. ALL motion sickness remedies work best if you take/use them before you begin to feel sick. HINT: if you are heading out of the BVI from St. Thomas, either by sail or ferry, it is wise to dose up in advance of that trip. Pillsbury Sound is a known trigger, often called " the washing machine". Usual advice applies-- stay hydrated, watch your alcohol intake so you remain aware. Eyes out of the boat when sailing, don't be reading or knitting or below deck. Keep aware of the horizon at all times, take a turn at the wheel ( sit with the captain AT the wheel if you aren't wheel ready). Motion sickness is a physical thing, there is a dispute happening between what your inner ear tells you and what your eyes are telling you. Much better living by chemistry when you can head off that dispute. I don't know what the BVI pharmacies have or recommend for motion sickness, but they are not hamstrung by the US FDA. Don't leave Tortola without a remedy if you know or suspect you'll suffer. Tacking up the Sir Francis Drake channel first day in a sporty breeze is not great fun if you are green.
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Re: Sea Sickness Remedies
[Re: Shifty]
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01/06/2019 02:11 PM
01/06/2019 02:11 PM
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As a professional. charter capt for 35 years, world wide, have found that some remedies work for one person , but not another . Some no mater what they do, nothing works.
But, as Breeze stated, in addition to the motion sickness remedy, there are other things that you can do .
1. Lay off the Booze the night before . Also, no over abundance of any liquid. Especially, coffee, tea, fruit juices especially, orange juice, or any other liquid acidic liquid. , .
2. Have a healthy breakfast , or meal before you go out sailing. A couple of cups of coffee and a pastry, donut, etc, is almost a guarantee for spending the passage feeding the fish.
3. Stay up top side, and do not go down below. Especially if blowing chunks . Lean over the stern or a down wind quarter, have some one grab tightly to the back of the sick persons belt. Secures them from toppling overboard and they know that they are not not going to lose their balance . Have a wet towel for them to wipe off their face and what ever.
4. Absolutely, put them to work, at the helm, at the beginning, steering the vessel, also looking out at the horizon, or land . Give them a job to concentrate on.
5. Follow the directions of the particular medication, and take it well ahead . Waiting until the person feels queezy or uncomfortable is too late.
6. Do not sit around in the cockpit telling BARF stories or bragging about sea sickness experiences.
7. For shorter passages or trips of a couple of days, I used to recommend that the scopolomine patch be cut in half, to reduce any unwanted physical effects. That patch goes on the neck.
I have heard stories using all kinds of mal de mere prevention. with just about everything, from wristbands, to the patch, to ginger, to bonine, and nite nite dramamine , etc. Some times the work, and some times the do not work.
If, the motion sickness is a true condition, and nothing seems to stop it....THAT PERSON DOES NOT BELONG ON A BOAT, ESPECIALLY ON A WEEK OR TWO SAILING TRIP IN THE BVI. Not a good plan for everyone on board to be around a poor retching soul,. That can make others on board sick as well. The fun light will be extinguished, period.
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Re: Sea Sickness Remedies
[Re: Shifty]
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01/11/2019 03:34 PM
01/11/2019 03:34 PM
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And still cost more to produce than they are actually worth. But hey, that's our government with our money.
Go Irish!! Bill
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