NOAA: What Makes You Seasick, and What You Can Do About It
Sooner or later, everybody gets seasick. If not actually sick, then certainly queasy. One of my best friends has been cruising on sail and powerboats for almost 50 years. Hardly a novice, he’s won the Bermuda Race and a Transatlantic, among other things. And he still gets seasick every time he start a voyage. “I just figure I’m going to be miserable for about two days and then everything will be OK,” he says. Over the years, I think I’ve tried just about everything, wrist bands, ear patches, whatever, for various members of my family to keep them from getting…