Ferry is booked!!!

[beefy]

Your lucky as you will only be on it for a couple of hours .
I once was on the Fleetwood to Larne ferry which was supposed to be a 8 hour sailing . We ended up sailing round the Isle of Man for 2 days trying to shelter from the storm. A few like that and you soon get your sealegs - 2 trailers disappeared over the side and were never seen again.

[m3bfs]

not sure of the availability in France, but when i went on the ferry from Hull to Rotterdam i was not feeling too good. Bought some of those travel bands, you know the ones, bit like sweatbands with a button sewn on, got 'em too late for them to work on outward journey, but the next day coming back they worked a treat, have since used them on flights and also on coach trips and long car journeys when i've had to be back seat passenger, have worked everytime.

Was wondering as i typed if making your own would have the same affect. Just have to make sure the button thingy is three fingers up from the crease in your wrist (on a point of something or other).

M3bfs

[jackie j]

We wanted to go to Jersey on the hovercraft thingy that went from Torquay 12 years ago. We set off early got on the ferry and off we went, lots of people started to be travel sick, it was very rough after an hour of travelling over the tanoy came the message we are turning back as we cannot guaranty a return trip ( day trip ) as we turned back I was sick and so was my OH, our baby was only 3 months old at the time and she was sick as well but I dont think it was baby sick, more like travel sick as well, she gave me a very funny look. We had another hour to travel back it was agony. Never again I will fly next time. Funny tho every time I try to get to Jersey something happens to stop me. Its a place I have always wanted to visit.

[Nicos]

Well...it's a 6 hr crossing and if I eat nothing all day and lie down immediately on my tummy and don't move at all ( even to go to the loo) I'm generally just about OK.
Worst crossing was a force 8 so far- but the swell wasn't too bad.

2 days Beefy????? Aaaaaggghhhhh

[Hilary B]

In warmer seasons we catch the ferry from Plymouth to Santander. Normal crossing time about 16 hours. After spending 15 years on one of the smaller islands in Orkney, where we had an hour by ferry (each way) just to go shopping, I'm somewhat of a hardened ferry user, except when I am over-tired or have a cold......

[lynda66]

nicos can you get hold of some of these Stugeron 15 (15 Tablets) [P] - SuperLiving Pharmacy i'm absolutely sick as a dog on ferries, but my mum got me some of these and it was incredibly rough, going across to cherbourg and i wasn't actually sick at all, only mildly queasy, which by lying down i got rid of ...... if you cant get any over there, let me know and i'll send you some i have some in the drawer

Lynda xxx

[Nicos]

Thanks Lynda
I'll ask my OH to nip into a pharmacy and see if I can get it over here.

( bet it's a mill pond crossing after all this!!!)

[tootles]

I am sure it will help you to know that I love rough crossings - no queues in the cafeteria!!!!

We had a really rough bilbao crossing once, it cured my husband of his sea-sickness.

You must sit so that you can see the horizon. Sea sickness is (apparently)caused by the brain not being able to reconcile the motion of your body with the obvious stability of your surroundings (ie chairs, tables, floor etc).

Good luck.

[Nicos]

Sea sickness is (apparently)caused by the brain not being able to reconcile the motion of your body with the obvious stability of your surroundings (ie chairs, tables, floor etc).

Good luck.

...well you'd have thought that after all those years of drinking my brain would be used to the lack of co-ordination between body and surroundings!!!

* note children* drinking is not good for your balance.

[lynda66]

no worries nicos it's the only thing thats ever worked for me ...... i'm also terrified of water, so actually looking at the sea makes me worse lol ...... even with a mill pond crossing i'm sick, have tried looking at the horizon ..... nope far too pukey ...... was even sick on the ferry to the isle of white lol ...... i always go as low down in the centre of the boat as possible, and go to sleep ..... mind you i'm no better on planes, and that tunnel is never EVER gonna collapse on my head ..... cos i aint going in it

[Rhona]

Good luck and bon voyage!

I adore the water but get terrible seasick too! In Vancouver some years ago, the people we were visiting with were keen sailors and canoeists - great fun but I had a terrible time trying to keep a brave (and permanently pale) face (and my eyes on the horizon - never works for me either!).

Happy crossings!

[Nicos]

I suppose we should be proud of our so finely tuned balance systems....one step further advanced in the evolutionary process eh Rhona ????

[Hilary B]

I am sure it will help you to know that I love rough crossings - no queues in the cafeteria!!!!

We had a really rough bilbao crossing once, it cured my husband of his sea-sickness.

You must sit so that you can see the horizon. Sea sickness is (apparently)caused by the brain not being able to reconcile the motion of your body with the obvious stability of your surroundings (ie chairs, tables, floor etc).

Good luck.

That one comes under the heading of 'good theory'. It used to help to stand outside in the fresh (ie cold) air, but outside isn't fresh any more since all the smokers go out with the smoking ban......