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Travel/Sea Sickness
Do you tend to have more sea sickness on the top of a ferry or the bottom? Where is the best position to be and facing?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.alternatively, I find it's better to be looking at the sea: if you can see the swell coming, your body is able to ready itself for the pitching and tossing. And if you can be outside in the fresh air rather than inside with recycled stuff, that helps too. For least movement, I suppose somewhere dead centre is best.
Oh, and apparantly, those people with perfect balance are usually the ones who suffer the worst with sea sickness. So, if you find it impossible to stand stock still on one leg, you should be fine. Me, I can stand for hours on one leg without a single movement, but put me on a boat, even on a glassy, still day, and it's 'Puke City, here we come!'
A couple of years ago I sailed to the Isle of Man. It was rough!!! We were the last boat to sail for 2 days.
Just as jno says it was much better to watch the sea. I didn't feel sick at all. The attendants were wearing rubber gloves almost the whole journey carrying sickbags and saying " Oh that's full would you like another"
Just as jno says it was much better to watch the sea. I didn't feel sick at all. The attendants were wearing rubber gloves almost the whole journey carrying sickbags and saying " Oh that's full would you like another"
Absolutely agree with jno. I used to drive to the continent every week, so when the tunnel was out due to the fire, that meant 2 ferry crossings a week minimum. The best way to overcome seasickness is to sit by the window and watch the waves. If you see the waves coming, your brain can understand where the movement is coming from, so it won't get confused. I have told friends about this technique and everyone agrees it works.
After doing the Aberdeen to Shetland crossing in November, I discovered one of the worst things to do is lay down, and don't drink any alcohol! I tend to find that sitting still, if possible facing the same way as the ferry is going and trying not to look around is the best solution.
Tried laying down on the above crossing and was very, very ill. Then again, the boat was around 45' and the air con didn't work too well. Oh and those wrist band things don't work! :)
Tried laying down on the above crossing and was very, very ill. Then again, the boat was around 45' and the air con didn't work too well. Oh and those wrist band things don't work! :)