Sea Sickness

TunaHead · #1 05-01-2007, 03:15 PM

Randleman mentioned his friends getting sea sick recently on a thread in the fishing section. I've had that problem as well where my buddies will be on their knees chumming rather than fishing. After waiting out the winter, all of the work of getting the boat ready, gas prices... time on the water is precious and I hate to see anyone's day ruined.

The solution for my group has been an over the counter medication called meclizine. It's cheap, lasts all day, won't make you drowsy and won't make your mouth feel like the Gobi desert. You can find it in any pharmacy sold as the NON-DROWSY version of Dramamine, Bonine and Antivert. It might be sold under other brand names too, you'd have to check the active ingredients.

When sold as the non-drowsy Dramamine it's ~ $5.00 fo 20 pills. In many pharmacy's you can walk to the counter and ask the pharmacist for a supply. It's cheaper this way at ~ $20.00 for a bottle of 100 pills.

It is sold as 25 milligram pills. The usual dose is one or two pills 1 hour before you figure you'll be on the water. If I have a guy who is VERY prone to sea sickness I'll have him take one the night before fishing and one and hour before.

http://www.drugs.com/meclizine.html

randlemanboater · #2 05-01-2007, 04:02 PM

I'll tell my buddy but I don't know if it will help him. He was wearing a prescription "patch" when he got sick.

I think the other guy got sick seeing the other guy sick.

TunaHead · #3 05-01-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by randlemanboater

I'll tell my buddy but I don't know if it will help him. *He was wearing a prescription "patch" when he got sick.

I think the other guy got sick seeing the other guy sick.

It was probably cuz of the maniac driving the boat ;D

macojoe · #4 05-01-2007, 04:58 PM

Of all the people I have taken fishing, And there is pleanty! I have only had one guy get sick, man he was sick all day!! Did not think the human body could hold that much!! :-X
We raged him hard all day!! We were making him sick just talking crap to him!! Was awsome!! He only went with me that once! ;)

My kids, wife, me, my dad everyone has never gotten sick! ;D

frayed_knot · #5 05-02-2007, 12:48 AM

I've never been sick either. Not even 25' seas in the Gulf of Alaska on a 110' cutter could make me hurl, even though puke was flying everywhere. ;D Cast iron stomach.

parishht · #6 05-02-2007, 11:20 AM

I was on a charter trip with my family and a couple of people chummed (we started catching fish then)
anyway, I was starting to feel queezy myself and then
I realized I forgot to eat my lunch,
a large italian sandwich, ate it, no more queeze.
Now I always bring pretzels or some other snacky food along,
gives the belly something to grab on to.

TunaHead · #7 05-02-2007, 02:24 PM

Frayed, on my last trip to Alaska we fished for halibut on a charter out of Homer for 4 days straight. Kachemak bay was REALLY rough the last day. My friends were in the cabin with the heater on and sliding glass doors closed. It was too hot for me in there so I sat outside on a deck chair. It was rough enough during the 2 hour ride to the halibut grounds that I was catching spray from over the fly bridge that kept moistening the pages of the book in my hands. I was reading "The Perfect Storm". It was a VERY cool experience. I finally decided to put the book down and went up top to help the skipper look for deadheads.

randlemanboater · #8 05-02-2007, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TunaHead

*I finally decided to put the book down and went up top to help the skipper look for deadheads.

I was wondering where they all went after Jerry croaked.

Stillrunning · #9 05-02-2007, 07:12 PM

I have never been sea sick but have been a part of a puck fest. My buddy was a little hungover and the sea did not help much and before I knew it he had pucked all over the back of the boat. I have a weak stomach when it comes to that kind of stuff so While trying to laugh at him with my other two buddies I start to gag. While watching them laugh at him one notices me gagging and then I notice him gagging and dam if we both didn't puck around the same time. Now the one guy standing is laughing his a$$ off as he is watching the three of use puck. I looked up at him and smiled with my puck face and guess what he starts gagging and then pucking. Now all four of us are laughing at each other and pucking for the three of us it did not last very long but the 1st guy who blew gritts it took some time and while getting sick we made him clean off the back of the boat because we knew if we tried it would just lead to more pucking. The best park was the look we got from the boat beside us and latter that day we were beside them again this time drinking beer and having fun.

frayed_knot · #10 05-02-2007, 08:05 PM

Hey Tunahead, Alaska rocks, I would love to go back sometime.

I arrived in Ketchikan 1 week before the Exxon Valdez ran aground. Needless to say, I spent some time in the Valdez area after that. No cleanup, just helping to make sure the Coast Guard radars were operating correctly.

The trip I was talking about with the rough seas was about 2 years after the oil spill, I was temporarily assigned to the USCGC Mustang out of Seward. We were taking civilian inspectors to the areas of the spill so they could do their thing. We had about 20 of them on board. The smart ones were on the bridge so they could see the horizon, the rest were puking everywhere they could down below. Our Gunners Mate came up on the bridge with a huge green cigar and a can of sardines. As soon as he popped the lid on the can, all the rest of the civies were puking. Funniest crap I have ever seen.