Sea sickness

[sels1]

Scopoderm TTS 1.5.

These dont work for everybody, and read the side effects on the instruction sheet first - you could end up sicker (believe me - personal experience in the Southern Ocean! )

You're better off avoiding pills and suchlike if you are going to be drinking.

If you are doing the Harbour cruise you will be fine - just keep eating and drinking

[crashe]

I suffer with sea sickness as well... Its caused by the inner ear balance is out of skilter. Not much you can do about it except try the patches or other remedies...... and not every remedy will work for everyone.


When ever I have had to catch the Fullers ferry to Waiheke (only 3 times so far) I stand right at the back of the boat...... and right over by the side so that you can look forward.

Even walking on a floating wharf sets me off....... hell I cant even go on ferris wheels or roller coasters.....


Never go near the front of the boat as that rocks big time on the water.


I caught the Picton Ferry once...... and it was on a windy day..... I was doing ok until the boat tipped over ever so s l o w l y and then straightened up real fast. I spent the rest of the trip hanging over the toilet...... as did everyone else on the boat that day.... even the staff were ill.

If it is a christmas harbour cruise....... stay near the back of the boat the whole time and somewhere near the side of the boat as well... find a point to look at..... as that does help.


Good luck...... if you decide not to go. I am sure that your bosses would be totally understanding and except your reason for not attending.


You have a few weeks till it happens so why not try a few short trips on a ferry down there.

[McJim]

I was on a party on a Katemeran (sp?) in the Carribean a few years back - 2 hours out from port and everyone was seasick except me and 1 crew member...there were about 60 on the boat.

I remember thinking "how odd" and so helped myself to the contents of the bar that everyone else was ignoring for some 'odd' reason.

[Aitch]

I've been told that they make the best seasick pills EVER!!!!

[sAsLEX]

according to the mythbuster masterminds, ginger tablets work WAY better than sea sickness tablets.. they're probably cheaper too..

Yeah cause they went on a ship......

Doco on TV about wild weather a while back had captain of one of the Cook Straight ferries talking about sea-sickness. Reckoned you should find the centre of the boat, lay down on floor and close eyes.

Yeah lie bow to stern and you will be fine..... but then its not much of a party on your back unless you score before you get sea sick...

[*]Ginger helps immensely. Even ginger beer/ginger ale - however, make sure they are completely flat before drinking. Anything with bubbles (beer included) only serves to unsettle your stomach more.

CC and dry...a wonderful drink.

[doc]

These dont work for everybody, and read the side effects on the instruction sheet first - you could end up sicker (believe me - personal experience in the Southern Ocean! )

You're better off avoiding pills and suchlike if you are going to be drinking.

If you are doing the Harbour cruise you will be fine - just keep eating and drinking

If you don't take any preventive medicines, beforehand and know you have a problem. Good luck bro harden up and enjoy the night and its memories afterwards.

I know someone who has a cousin thats friends uncle knew someone that used an amethyst crystal tucked in his back pocket would prevent motion sickness.

Modern medical doctrine offers the advice but its up to the patient now days you can't make them take the medication and you dont have to treat them unless they ask for help you can't force help on them. Then there is the privacy issue. Dont get me started on party pills.

[MOTOXXX]

These dont work for everybody, and read the side effects on the instruction sheet first - you could end up sicker (believe me - personal experience in the Southern Ocean! )

You're better off avoiding pills and suchlike if you are going to be drinking.

If you are doing the Harbour cruise you will be fine - just keep eating and drinking

cmon sels

you know i dont drink

[limbimtimwim]

Bloody windows computer geeks, soft as pillows.

I don't get motion sick; but I understand (And this is contrary to what most everyone else has offered..) that somewhere aft of the amidships of the vessel is best. You will note that in most craft this is where it moves least. They don't pivot around their centres, but a spot somewhere further back. A tinnie with an outboard on the back almost moves around the engine, whereas a large sucker with engines down in the hull will move around somewhere further forward of stern, but somewhere aft of amidships.

Gosh, all laden with nautical terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms

I suspect you are probably going to be on the Wellesley! I would suggest you hang out around the red splotch in the attached image. 'Cept the captain won't probably keep it pointed into the swell (If any) and instead will go around in circles so as to confuse you and make you feel drunker than you really are.

[dnos]

Don't go to the back of the boat, deisel fumes have got to be the absolute worst thing for sea sickness.
My recommendation is that the bar is the part of the boat that moves the least. That's why you see people hanging off it when pissed!
Seriously dude i would try get some ginger tablets to take before you leave the dock, hopefully they don't fuck with you when drinking (maybe you should check this).

[sels1]

cmon sels

you know i dont drink

*insert Tui Ad*

Seriously, I wouldnt advise taking pills/drugs etc for a harbour cruise. Stay out on deck and in the fresh air, and where you can see the horizon. If feeling queasy, there is an accupressure point I find works quite well but it has to done in exactly the right spot, the right way. Call in and I will show you - it cant be explained properly here.

[matchless]

I can definatley recommend "sea legs" from the chemist,they are bands
that fit around your wrists,follow the instuctions on the packet ,my wife
and kids have never suffered sea or car sickness since using them.

[ZorsT]

I tend to get sea sick.

When i'm out, and I start to feel sick, I do everything I can to feel sicker. I know it seems strange, but once i've emptied my stomach, I feel right as rain.

I try to not think about feeling sick until I do. Sometimes it works to ward off sickness, sometimes not.

[Shadows]

I've been told that they make the best seasick pills EVER!!!!

I don't think Paihia Bombs are available any more. Government interference was to blame as usual.

I used to get seasick but got over it. After a couple of weeks on a yacht I actually found myself getting kind of land sick when we returned to shore. Damned street kept on rocking from side to side, I must have looked pissed.

[Jonny Rotten]

i find the best cure for sea sickness is to go out on the boat more.......

but if you do get sea sick....dont go in the cabin of the boat.....and stand at the stern of the boat as it moves around the least