After some rigourous experiments with Al, we can confidently state the
keys to avoiding sea-sickness:
1. Have a big breakfast. Bacon and Eggs or similar
2. Bring lots of food, particularly cheesy/fatty things work well
(cheese and bacon rolls, croissants, preferably savoury)
3. Drink tea and ginger beer constantly. You can't vomit while you're
eating/drinking
4. Stand up often, walk around, and if you're feeling crook, get into
the breeze and concentrate on looking out to the horizon and moving
with the boat
5. See lots of interesting things. Sooty albatross or similar are
excellent for staving off the blues
6. Fortify confidence with aged Whiskey. The older the better.
Ev
On 8/30/07, Beth Symonds <> wrote:
> Hi Ian and Birding-Ausers,
>
> Apparently people with the best terrestrial balance are more affected by
> motion sickness, as shown by a rather interesting (and perhaps cruel)
> experiment conducted by NASA some time ago.
>
> They investigated which groups of athletes were more suceptible to motion
> sickness when flying in the "Vomit Comet" - this is the KC135 airplane that
> oscillates in and out of the upper atmosphere, thus simulating microgravity
> for short periods. It is usually used for training astronauts and
> conducting experiments that require microgravitational conditions, and for
> this study, they sent up different goups of athletes and recorded their
> responses to the shifts into zero gravity. The sickest of the lot turned
> out to be elite gymnasts.
>
> I guess I must have missed my calling for the Australian Gym Team because I
> get SO sick on pelagics...
>
> Cheers!
> Beth Symonds
> Brisbane
>
>
> On 8/29/07, Ian May <> wrote:
> >
> > G'Day all
> >
> > I have enjoyed the recent discussion about pelagic birding. For those
> > affected by sea sickness, succumbing to the dreaded "Technicolor yawn"
> > is not much fun.
> > When one spends a bit of time at sea, you soon learn that sea sickness
> > affects nearly everybody differently. Interestingly, some people with
> > the best terrestrial balance are often most prone to motion sickness.
> > Have others observed this?
> >
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