Sea sick blues

So, My buddy Ralph and i launched our Yaks out of Sunset Bay today to cod fish . The fifth kayak trip in the week and a half weve had em. Two trips to Ten Mile lakes, one to Eel lake, and one to the bay at Empire boat launch, all primers for hitting the ocean. I was excited as hell and the beach launch on the hobie was as simple as it gets. But as soon as i stopped pedaling and tried to fish in the about 3 foot swell i started feeling seasick. Needless to say, i didnt last too long and 45 minutes later i was loading my Kayak up and headin home. I got some Dramamine tonight and if its calm again, were gonna try again tomorrow. I hope it works or i get used to it, its the main reason i got the Kayak.

Anyone else have this issue or had?
are there methods you use to prevent it?
what about eating before? foods that help? hurt?how long to eat before?

hope this dramamine works...

See ya(ill be the one chuming) on the water

HAHAHA,
Sounds just like me!
 I have taken the Dramamine and it works fine for me as long as I am motivated and doing something. the minute I stop, I fall asleep!
My brother says to try Bonine instead, less drowsiness.
Hope it works for ya. Too much stuff to do and see on the old Stoney Pacific Ocean.

Ok - I feel a little better now.  I have only been in the ocean fishing twice now and both times I had the same experience.  I thought I should just be banned as a sissy and made to stay in the lakes! 

I have not tried it for kayak fishing but the elastic arm bands with the big plastic knobs that hit a pressure point on the backside of the forearm have worked for me when I get motion sickness from driving.  My aunt (who unfortunately passed away from cancer) told me about them when she was doing chemo.  They apparently helped her with the nausea from the treatments.  You can find them in about any drug store in the same area as the drmamine.

I don't usually suffer from "mal de mer", but I've heard really good things about scopace tablets.  It's a perscription drug for motion sickness, so ask you doctor.   As for bonine and dramimine, they seem to for some people just fine. I have friends that swear by a combo plan... dramamine the night before and bonine in the morning.  Just be sure that you take them before you hit the water.  Taking them once you have problems keeping stuff down isn't going to help much.

Brian

I've got nothing to add on the sea sickness thing, I just wanted to express my envy that you've gotten out to go to Ten Mile (twice), Eel lake, the bay in the last week!

Yeah, I'm itching to get on Tenmile.  Due to the total lack of any winter boating clothes though, I think I'm grounding the kayak until late winter/early spring.  Think I'll use the money I would have spent on paddle jackets on a rhino lining for the truck.

Back in my younger days, I spent 2 days as a deckhand on a charter fishing boat.  I got seasick the second day, and all I'd had that morning was some hot chocolate.  I ended up dry heaving over the side, sitting down for like 2 minutes, and then I was fine.  I didn't end up getting the job, not for that reason though.  I was in high school, and the captain wanted someone available to work days and not just weekends.

Everyone gets a little sea sick every so often.  So long as you don't have motion sickness issues from driving and such, it shouldn't be problem.  You should get used to it, just like everyone else.

I think I'm gonna buy that armband thingy for the woman though.  She gets motion sickness in the car on curvy roads.  Which is just about every road around here.

I have never been seasick!!!     Knock on wood.  Well, at least not to the point of heaving.  I can only remember 2 times in my life that I felt I might get seasick.  Both times were when I was on a boat at night under windy and rough conditions.  I suppose you lose a frame a reference for balance when there is no horizon to focus on.  I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

Do you know why someone gets motion sickness?   I heard that the part of the brain responsible for balance is near the part of the brain that has an influences nausea.  When the balance part of your brain becomes over stimulated, it "bleeds" over to the nausea part of the brain causing it to become over stimulated.  That's what I hear at least, and I find that quite interesting.

-Allen

I've been sea sick and can only rate it as slightly worse than complete organ failure. Wanting to avoid that experience again I picked up some Bonine when I started yaking, mainly because it's non-prescription and I've heard it actually works, but haven't had to use it. I started with ginger, and never really needed anything else. I picked up the candied ginger in the Winco bulk foods and just munch on it periodically. Only felt queasy once and that was in 5 ft swells. Highly recommended.

regarding Ginger, i recall a mythbusters episode where they tested sea sick remedies. Ginger was one and it seemed to work well. I'm gonna have to try that

Unfortunately, i get car sick if im the passenger very easy, but not at all if im driving. I hoped that being busy doing stuff would help.. I'll get it figured out, not staying of the ocean

Didn't get a chance to go out today and it looks like some weathers comin in, so it will be a while till i get to test the new remedies..

See Ya on the water

I've been pretty much on the ocean all my life surfing and boating w/ my dad and never really had any sickness. That is until one day yak fishing in big waters down in monterey. The swell was at about 8 ft. and while I was fine when fishing, the second I looked down to tie up some gear or get bait/lures ready etc. it came to me. Best thing I could do is concentrate on the horizon. After about 2 hours though my body had enough. I paddled in and 2 seconds after I got out of the yak I was fine. Trippy sickness. I think I'll try ginger the next time it's supposed to be big seas out. Thanks for the info fellas.

Z