The horror... the horror

[PDH]

I never get seasick with an easy point of reference to see.  On the Bay or even close coastal sailing, everything was fine.  When the horizon was all sea it would take me a day or two out of port to get accustomed - normally I just used one scopolamine transdermal and when that wore off I was fine for next leg of 10-20 days.

People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

That scopolamine patch did fuck all. 

[Zanza]

People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.

Friends of my sister are very passionate sailors. So they wanted to sail around the world. When crossing from the Canaries to the Caribbean, one of them basically was sick for three weeks straight and that's when they decided to sell the boat somewhere in South America and take a plane back...

[Zanza]

That scopolamine patch did fuck all.

I usually take dimenhydrinate tablets when I fly.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The dimenhydrinate stuff works sometims, but will often knock me out. I was hoping the patch thing would keep me from being miserable but awake enough to fish and partake of the normal things.

[Zanza]

True, it certainly makes you quite tired. Which is a plus on flights for me.

[PDH]

Scopolamine seems to work best for those who get mildly seasick.  It just does enough to take the edge off of the nausea.

[Darth Wagtaros]

True, it certainly makes you quite tired. Which is a plus on flights for me.

Yes. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.

Small boats are pretty fun when they get all crazy in the open ocean.  I was actually fairly impressed by how much even a large ship like the one I was on (581ft long) for a long time would roll in heavy seas though, especially when empty (no cargo, not totally empty obviously).  Had to tie myself into my rack a couple of times and I was below the waterline.

E:  I take that back.  My stateroom was right on the waterline, not below it.  Still the motion wasn't as bad as up in the superstructure where the officers and higher ranking civilians lived (and the bridge, obviously, where I worked). 

[CountDeMoney]

People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.

Bah, sailing in rough waters is fun!  Especially on a little J-70 wind rocket.

My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess.  You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up?  I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.

[mongers]

People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.

Small boats are pretty fun when they get all crazy in the open ocean.  I was actually fairly impressed by how much even a large ship like the one I was on (581ft long) for a long time would roll in heavy seas though, especially when empty (no cargo, not totally empty obviously).  Had to tie myself into my rack a couple of times and I was below the waterline.

E:  I take that back.  My stateroom was right on the waterline, not below it.  Still the motion wasn't as bad as up in the superstructure where the officers and higher ranking civilians lived (and the bridge, obviously, where I worked).

You were on a 'Mars'.   

[MadBurgerMaker]

You were on a 'Mars'.   

Yes.  The San Jose, to be specific.



 

[mongers]

You were on a 'Mars'.   

Yes.  The San Jose, to be specific.



 

[derspiess]

My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess.  You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up?  I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.

Ditto.  It's gotten to the point with me where I get this weird feeling like I'm going to fall upward into the sky.

[garbon]

My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess.  You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up?  I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.

Ditto.  It's gotten to the point with me where I get this weird feeling like I'm going to fall upward into the sky.

You probably will.