Sea Legs

[bounceagain]

Has anyone experienced after a trip on a ferry/boat, they still feel as though you are on the ferry/boat? The room is still moving up and down.

[spudqueen]

I get it all the time when we go on narrowboat holidays. After a couple of days I've lost my 'land legs' completely and make an absolute idiot of myself in pubs etc by swaying constantly!

[bounceagain]

lol

[bounceagain]

Hehe I feel more unstable on land than on the sea.

[thugulike]

I get it not just from being on water but also when I travel for long periods of time. I call it land sickness. Never get sea sick but that swaying feeling makes me queasy. Better than being sea sick though.

[bounceagain]

Hehe Ive now experienced unbalanced walking. Do you anyone who has been actually physical sea sick?

[portreekid]

Don't get me started!

I work on a ferry in the North Sea which as you can imagine is not one of the most tranquil stretches of water. Thankfully the summer can give some respite but the winter is a totally different matter.
I've been working at sea for years now but in that time I've sailed with a lot of people who even after years at sea feel absolutely rotten in bad weather. Obviously it doesn't help if you've got a 14 hour passage directly into typically force 8-10 northerly gales (which are very common in the winter up here)
After 2 weeks of that you don't really care how your legs are going as long as it is the opposite direction from the ship.

One piece of advice which is probably fairly obvious but does make a lot of difference to minimise the effects of seasickness is you're far better off on lower decks and nearer middle of ship as the rolling isn't as pronounced, ..................... or better still take a plane!!

[bounceagain]

Thanks for your experiences. Next time its likely the boat will be sailing than in dock. I still better when Im outside, cos Im indoors makes me mind think Im in the cabin again. Hehe Ive had this since early this week.