{"id":30178,"date":"2025-06-20T17:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capetan.club\/?p=30178"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:48:24","slug":"raul-de-miscare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetan.club\/en\/raul-de-miscare\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasickness: Myths, Prevention and Useful Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
Firstly, I open this topic with a disclaimer<\/em> Very important to note: the following is in no way a recommendation or specialised treatment and, if you need any, please contact your doctor. They are the result of personal observation and experience over the years - and guess what? sailing is my passion<\/a>not the medical profession. <\/mark><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Not that often, but every time<\/span> we are faced with the question \"Am I going to be sick on the water?\"; whether we are on holiday with Sail Armada<\/a> or that we're a week into training Capetan<\/a>Inevitably, the issue of motion sickness is a topic in its own right in the Crew Briefing<\/a><\/em>.
The subject is split in two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Will I get sick on the water?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. I got sick, what do I do?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Will I get sick while sailing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    A saying that applies every time is \"Getting your sea-legs<\/a><\/em>\" - that is, in short, to give your body time to adjust to the new environment (constant wallowing, bandaging, arrhythmic movements). We say that motion sickness is natural, can exist in various forms (drowsiness, hunger, vomiting) and can be treated, trained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Personally, in my stubbornness not to put anyone directly in contact with \"Formula AS\" remedies, I try as much as possible to rely on methods that don't involve pills, patches, bracelets, incantations or who knows what. What can we do?\u00a0    Sailing<\/em><\/a> as much as possible \ud83d\ude1b , we can stay out of the marina if the weather is unfavourable and, if somehow the conditions require going out, prepare people in such a way that the risks are as low as possible: we tell them clearly the day before, according to the forecast, not to stay out late, to be very well hydrated (WATER), and in the morning to give up a copious and heavy breakfast and avoid coffee, which also helps dehydration to some extent. In short, as with many other\u00a0sailing<\/em>Prevention is the best solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Now, if we have people who have no patience with their own body and are more afraid of the unknown (the salt dropper and \"if I'm going to be sick\"), there are prevention options that I'll divide into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n