Interesting...I have never been seasick, even while cleaning up holding tank backflow down below after rounding Cape Scott, so on the latest trip (Friday Harbor to San Francisco) I thought I'd better take some precautions. I used Bonine for the first two days and felt queasy the whole time. I stopped using Bonine after Day 2 and felt much better, as in normal. The next leg (Hawaii to Friday Harbor) I'm going to skip the Bonine and go with my natural iron gut and see how that works out. : )
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 23 June 2014 11:00, Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Thank you Veddy Veddy Much for that PSA on STD’s (Sea Transmitted > Disease) > > I have forwarded that to all my Mal de Mar friends. > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Andrew > Burton via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, June 23, 2014 12:58 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Stus-List getting seasick > > > > Just noticed Joel saying he'd had to turn around because a crewmember was > so sick on the way home from Bermuda. (Welcome home, Joel!) > > > > *This is a public service message*. As one who suffered for three days on > his first offshore passage, I know how bad being seasick can be. Since that > time I've racked up more miles under sail than most. I've also introduced a > lot of crewmembers and clients to offshore sailing-- where getting seasick > is a constant hazard. I have found out what works and what doesn't. I will > share it with you for the low, low one-time price of...oh wait, that would > mean Stu....nevermind. > > > > During my offshore sailing program where I took sailors to sea for their > first offshore experiences, I once had 54 newbies leaving Newport on 10 > different boats. our departure was delayed for three days. Each day, we > thought we would leave the next day, so everyone took their seasick > medication. By the time we finally got out on the water, each crewmember > had three days worth of their preferred medication in their system. As a > result, only one person was sick in the fairly rough conditions we > encountered the first couple of days, and the guy who was sick was a > "mighty man of the sea" who never got seasick and didn't take any meds. > > > > It did not matter what kind of meds the sailors were using, as long as it > was well into their system. > > > > Normally, I would have expected at least 65-75% attrition in those > conditions. > > > > The above even works for my bride, who gets sick if she looks at a puddle > on a windy day. > > > > > > Andy > > C&C 40 > > Peregrine > > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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