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Best motion sickness pills8/14/2023 ![]() ![]() Do NOT go below decks to use the marine head (bathroom)…that’s a mistake that you’ll relive in nightmares for years to come. The optimal spot is outdoors in the shade, but with a nice cooling breeze in your face. The closer you can get to the center of the boat the less motion you’ll experience. Not below deck, and not up on the upper deck where the motion is amplified. During your boat ride, position yourself near the center of the boat, preferably on the main deck, outside. If you just can’t pass loading up at the breakfast buffet, we always say “Chew your breakfast well…you may see it again.” Orange juice and coffee are the prime culprits for acid, bacon and eggs win the prize for greasy. Eat a light breakfast before getting on the boat, like toast or oatmeal. The first step is to know (and avoid) the most common “triggers”, those evil little things that start the whole nauseous process. I’ve got several good strategies to help with sea sickness prevention and motion sickness in general. So let’s talk about how to avoid joining the “chum club”. There are various theories as to why your brain petulantly does this to you, but really that doesn’t matter to us, we just want to find out how to avoid the entire mess. Now brain argues with itself for a bit, then in confusion decides to push the “nausea button”. So your eyes report to your brain “Everything stable here, solid as a rock!” But your ears are screaming to your brain that your body is pitching all over the place. The problem is magnified when your eyes are focusing on something close, like a book, because the book is moving with you, but it doesn’t appear to your eyes to be moving. The same thing can happen in a moving car or airplane. When on a rolling boat, (especially one that’s rolling from side to side, instead of bow to stern), then the myriad of conflicting balance signals your brain is receiving overwhelm it, and it defaults by making you nauseous…very nauseous. ![]() Normally, when standing on solid ground that’s NOT moving, the messages from your eyes and ears agree, and all is right in your brain. That’s why ear infections can make you dizzy. ![]() Yes, your ears actually have a liquid-filled movement and balancing sensor built in. The simplified version…To maintain your balance, you brain receives and interprets signals from both your eyes and your ears. Not a pretty picture I’m painting, I’ll grant you that, but really, how can you possibly romanticize such a lovely subject?įirst off, what exactly is motion sickness? (Four, to be exact…if you must know: Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, North Carolina, and Galapagos. I’ve seen clients heaving into just about every ocean on the planet…and although I’m not prone to motion sickness, I will admit that in my career of hundreds of boat trips, there were a few times I fed the fish, too. Believe me, I’ve seen it all…green faces, pasty-white skin…trembling, weak bodies stretched out prone on the deck, or worse yet, a row of wetsuit-clad butts lining the rails as their owners loudly discharge their breakfast into the rolling sea. In my opinion the nautical variety is the worst…in fact the word nausea comes from the Greek naus, which means boat. We’ve been leading people on boating and yachting vacations for over two decades, and I think that makes me somewhat of a reluctant expert on the unfortunate subject of mal de mer…better known as motion sickness, which can occur on a boat, car, or airplane. ![]() How To Find the Leeward Side of a Boat, Quickly. ![]()
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