Many sailors who even sail for years also suffer from seasickness, a subspecies of motion sickness. Nevertheless, they still enjoy their hobby. Therefore, one can say, yes you can be at seasick a yacht charter. But with some knowledge and preparation, the problem is easy to fix.

What are the causes of seasickness?

Simply put, seasickness is a motion sickness. This means that when the sense of balance and visual perception do not match, our body is irritated. This happens, for example, when the boat staggers and you focus on fixed objects below deck. Pretty much every person is affected by sea sickness but everyone reacts differently. As long as the perception of movement is not fully developed you are virtually immune, this affects children up to the age of 2 to 3 years. But what about adults? Basically everyone can get suffer from seasickness between 12 and 50 after that the tendency to seasickness decreases considerably.

What are the symptoms when seasick?

The first symptoms are frequent yawning, general malaise, tiredness as well as headache and dizziness. After this it starts with classic symptoms of seasickness, which are nausea and vomiting. In extreme cases, the sea patient becomes apathetic, but this is very rare.

How can I prevent seasickness?

As mentioned above, everyone tends to get seasick, but some are more affected than others. The question is, what can I do to prevent getting seasick? It should be said in advance that seasickness often recovers after several hours or days at sea. Nevertheless, there are ways and means to prevent. Right at the beginning, when you feel the first symptoms, such as mild discomfort, it is best to go directly to the deck of the yacht and direct your gaze to the horizon. Our skippers then will also let you take over the helm, which distracts the head and lets the gaze steadily concentrate on something. The alignment of the eyes will help the brain reconcile visual perception and fluctuations.

If that does not help, there is a way to fight seasickness, that will help for sure and that means lie down and shut their eyes. If you do not feel well at this time, a thing like lying down does not seem to be attractive at all. But this action against seasickness is very promising. The first few minutes with your eyes closed will not feel right at first, but it will be much better afterwards. Because closing the eyes largely disables the sense of balance. This works best under deck in your cabin.

Eating when being seasick

Both an empty stomach and a full stomach are not ideal for seasickness. It is also important during the nausea to eat small bites and even small sips of water help against the seasickness. Some sailors also say that it helps, especially before heavy weather journeys to eat products with little histamine. This would mean to avoid products like red wine, salami but also hard cheese.

Being seasick – which medicine does really help?

Of course, every pharmacy advertises numerous medicines for seasickness, from tablets to patches even bracelets, there are numerous medicines that can be adapted to everyone. Here it is best to seek advice from a doctor or pharmacist to find the right one. An insider’ tip seems to be acupressure bracelets, which are attached to the wrists and have a soothing effect and help against nausea.

All in all, seasickness is not too bad as everyone claims. With this knowledge and some preparation nothing stands in the way of a trip on the sea with a private charter.