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Article: How to beat motion sickness: don't want tp be sick. Be careful of what you do before you leave the dock. (on a fishing boat excursion)
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- Field & Stream (West ed.)
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Don't want to be sick? Be careful what you do before you leave the dock.
An angler suffering from motion sickness might look as green as a Granny Smith apple, but that's no indication of weakness. It can happen to anyone. I know seasoned charter skippers who become victims now and then. And when you're leaning over the rail, that offshore fishing trip you planned becomes The Boat Ride From Hell.
Motion sickness is a goodnews/bad-news proposition: The good news is that it can almost always be prevented. The bad news is that once nausea starts, it won't go away until you either get an intramuscular shot of an anti-nausea drug, or you step ashore. Bottom ...