What if seasickness hits?
• Symptoms: yawning, sighing, dry mouth, belching, drowsiness, lethargy, dizziness, headache; cold sweat, pallor, nausea, dry heaves, vomiting, anxiety, apathy • Fight back and act quickly with additional medication • Lie down on your back • Put your head as close to the boat’s center of gravity as possible, which means low and in the center both laterally and longitudinally, where pitching and heeling have the least effect • Eat savory crackers, bread or non-acidic fruit. Honey may help, too • Chew ginger tablets, ginger cookies, or candied ginger • Avoid dehydration; drink plenty of water or ginger ale Remedies Available remedies fall into three categories: herbal treatments, drugs and wristbands. Ask 10 different boaters about the most effective cure to mal de mer and you get 10 different answers. All products claim to offer relief for motion sickness even though they may have been developed for other primary uses. Check dosage, known side effects and contraindications. We recommend
