What makes you sea sick
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jason
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Alan
Having spent 18 years in the navy I can answer that. The ear has 3 canals in them with anvils in them, they float about in liquid this monitors your balance when a boat is moving it causes your brain because you are stood up and counter acting the motion to think that you are still but you are moving the nausea is caused by the brain being confused. The majority of sea sickness tablets cause the liquid in the canals to thicken thus causing the anvils to move less and therefore less confussion. Will try and find diagrams.
Hope this makes sense.
Jason
Having spent 18 years in the navy I can answer that. The ear has 3 canals in them with anvils in them, they float about in liquid this monitors your balance when a boat is moving it causes your brain because you are stood up and counter acting the motion to think that you are still but you are moving the nausea is caused by the brain being confused. The majority of sea sickness tablets cause the liquid in the canals to thicken thus causing the anvils to move less and therefore less confussion. Will try and find diagrams.
Hope this makes sense.
Jason
Jason I know all about the inner ear stuff, i meany like a curry the night before to many beers, cooked breakfast not any scientific stuff. as you know some are perfectly alright until they do something or eat something includong the night before, just a bit of fun m8
Charlie_Thompson
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I reckon worrying about is a major factor. When I was a kid I never had a twinge and although never experiencing massive seas had plenty of trips out / journeys back in nasty water in a small boat. My dad never suffered so it wasn\'t even mentioned for a long time and I had no real conception of it. (Until of course \"The Uncle\" comes out with you and spends a harrowing few hours hanging over the side. \"Dad why\'s Uncle Bob trying to drink the sea?\") When I next had the chance to get on a boat as an uptight adult steeped in risk free culture I worried that It might just happen and almost thought myself sick. I wasn\'t and don\'t worry about it anymore. If you\'ve got an adult mind and are going out for the first time I reckon the best thing that can happen to you is to get into fish straight away. Stopping early to pick up mackerel soon foccusses your mind on why your out there, to catch fish and enjoy your bit sell. A couple of early good drifts and that\'s you. Boats = good times and not rolling, bucking vomit machines.
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LING_BASHER
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Drink and a big slow roll gets me feeling abit errr but so far never been sea sick once. May chane !
willywetegg
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A very difficult question to answer Alan. Having only been sea sick once on a perfectly flat sea I couldn\'t say.
I did all the usual, out for a drink with the lads the night before, a good supper before bed and a cooked breakfast on the morning. Couldn\'t understand it at all.
In a couple of words \" No idea \".
Jim.
I did all the usual, out for a drink with the lads the night before, a good supper before bed and a cooked breakfast on the morning. Couldn\'t understand it at all.
In a couple of words \" No idea \".
Jim.
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TC
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Well, as I said in a previous post, my usual routine before I go out is;
No booze (well maybe a pint), the night before.
A good nights\' sleep (about 5 hours in my case)
A good breakfast.
Only once didn\'t follow that routine and that\'s the only time I\'ve been affected by sea-sickness.
Mind you......gotta agree with Mark.......sitting or kneeling down whilst sorting out rigs, tying traces etc, can be trouble......It doesn\'t take long before you get that movement in the pit of your stomache.
I always have plenty of rigs with me so that there\'s no need to do that.
No booze (well maybe a pint), the night before.
A good nights\' sleep (about 5 hours in my case)
A good breakfast.
Only once didn\'t follow that routine and that\'s the only time I\'ve been affected by sea-sickness.
Mind you......gotta agree with Mark.......sitting or kneeling down whilst sorting out rigs, tying traces etc, can be trouble......It doesn\'t take long before you get that movement in the pit of your stomache.
I always have plenty of rigs with me so that there\'s no need to do that.
SIXFOOTSTEVE
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Anything less tha eight pints the night before and no fried breakfast ,recipe for disaster.
Think worrying about it and fumes are getting me. Am due to go out on Thursday so will try to stay away from engine fumes and see if that\'s better. Am going with a group I\'ve organised from work. Mostly non fishers out for a laugh so can\'t be the one to throw up. Starting to feel sick now just thinking about it.
