Travel calm i suggest dont make you groggy, have one the night before and 1 an hr before gettin on the boat.

Deckhand and member of the Gotone Woodvale team

is that they will all pretty much have a side effect of grogginess to varying degrees - thats how they work. Both kwells and travel calm make my mouth as dry as the sahara, so for that reason I dont use them. I've tried ginger but dont rate it personally.

I find avomine good, but others dont like them. I think you just gotta try a few and find one that agrees with you.

Or non drugs options include the braclets with the balls on pressure points in your wrist and wearing a single earplug.

I used to work on a pearl boat and dramamine (not sure on spelling but you get the idea.) used to work well for me. Hope that helps

  Can not beat them 1 tablet 1/2 hour before i hit the water 

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

its a white with blue writing box.
Dont eat or drink dairys 24hrs before u go. While u on the tabs try to eat dry stuff. Ginger is good, ginger lollies, biccies, ginger beer. Travacalm also make a box with red writing which is ginger tabs that aren't medicated so u can use them in conjuction with the originals no probs. I'd get both just so u can be prepared to fight the sickness.

Do a thread track on my name, there's a post about seasickness which helped my time offshore.

That should help you, good luck bro.

Btw reub, i have your flannel shirt and okuma hat.

1.) Highstick 2.) Skulldrag the bastard!

Proud supporter of Oceanside Tackle & Marine and The Tackle Shack

I normally get very sick when going out on boats, but since i've been heading out very often i've started doing a few things different and it has worked wonders. Firstly, dont have any dairy products (certainly no milk), secondly I eat a few slices of ginger before heading out. While on the water I drink some ginger beer (make sure its a brand of ginger beer that actually contains real ginger) and also lots of water to stay hydrated. For me this has worked a treat and I have not been sick once since doing it. Maybe its just a placebo effect, but struth if it stops me spewin im gonna keep doing it.

I get carsick, air sick and until recebtly very very seasick (even on the river once - how embarrassing)

Avomine is great for the car (as a passenger) and plane but makes me really sleepy - not great on the boat though.

 I tried a compounded preparation from BOVA chemist last year (as advertised on Escape with ET) - they worked really well if you take them 30-6o min before going out. No drowsiness at all. Only downside was getting them from Sydney.

 Have since found a compounding chemist locally that will make them up as well - worked out about $20 for 10 I think but worth every cent. Got them from Compounding on Oxford - combination of Scolopolamine, caffeine, chlorpheniramine and ginger. Stillget the occasional bit of nausea but havent spewed for a while thankfully!

HOpe this helps!

cheers everyone
i reckon travelcalm original will be the go
grab some ginger beer etc

where bouts is that compounder on oxford place anchorwench?

oxford street!

opposite the tafe (or pretty close to it) if I remember correctly.

  definately go travacalm , Sandy gets seasick in the bathtub

they work everytime on our boat , even get my mum out there occasionally as long as we have the travacalm 

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

Just drink half a bottle of bourbon the night before that should help a bit lol

nah whatever you do , DONT buy the red dot anti sea sickness wrist band thingos ;)

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You couln't wipe that grin fom my face even with a hammer.

Eat lots of chunky pineapple before you go out,even the night before.Its not going to stop you being sick,it just tastes the same on its way up except its hot

Red wine the night before will defo make you sick, stay away from that.  Incidentally last time I felt a bit rough my mate smashed his way through 6 pork pies and 8 cans of cider, he said he felt fine?  Maybe wortha try!!

Rayman

I find that eating minties calms my stomach when feeling ill on the water.

I reckon ginger tablets are the best... no side effects (apart from bad breath after a while) 

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Mininal gear means room for more beer

I used to get sick all the time until i met a box of travel calm originals

Seems to vary from person to person I come back I am wasted wiht or wihtout tablet, have tried kwell usually take just one on the way out then no more unless its really a crappy day, tried a travel calm same deal worked also could not tell if I was groggy during the trip :) never tried ginger. Had mates try both but on a kwell one of them got sick few hours into teh trip. How do u say diffrent horses for diffrent courses? :)

Jam sandwiches they  taste good going down and they taste just as good coming up

i went to compounding on oxford

afew blocks down from work actually XD

they are making me tablets which have all the stuff travel calm original has plus caffeine to stop drousiness and ginger to stop the vomiting(reverse peristalsis to be precise ;] )

mum got me some kwells aswell so ill see

ill give the compound a try

Good luck!

Rayman

good luck with the tablets - hope they work as well for you as they have for me. Just make sure you take them early enough!

Cheers

  we take ours 1/2 hour before we hit the water , but make sure you have something to eat beforehand , they seem to work better , also it helps through the day to nibble on chips or dry biscuits but no dairy or apple juice as my son found out

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

usually about an hour before to be sure. Too late once you're on the water...well for me anyway!  If conditions look a bit dodgy sometimes I'll take Travacalm or similar the night before.,....just to play it safe

Cheers

  also the travacalm cost less than $10 too so thats good value.

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

I will be laughing my ass off if the compounding place made them as a suppository pill hahahaha

Crossing my fingers

Good luck for tomorrow man

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You couln't wipe that grin fom my face even with a hammer.

Hey guys here is a bit of trivia for you which may help prevent some of those Sea Sick experiences.

I’ll try and keep it simple.

What actually makes us Sea Sick is that our brain is receiving two messages. One is from the little bubble in our ear that is sending messages to the brain saying that we are rocking around and not stable at all.

The second message is from our eyes saying things are all fine just out here fishing on the sea rocking and rolling a little.

Now the mind is getting mixed messages. This usually takes place when the body is poisoned etc. The body in self defence says “hey lets get this gut empty” so it can reduce the effect of poisoning.

And as you can guess it all starts to happen from there.

Try and stay focused on something or keep the mind active. This is a great help.

OK For the medically minded people out there you know were I’m coming from however this is so all can understand my comments.

Garry

Its a bit late to head home early.

Scoff it down as soon as I get on the boat ....

Works for me..not sure if it will for you !!  

West Coast Drainage

Proudly digging trenches and holes for soakwells and pipes for too many years to pay for my fishing trips.  

last time i went over to rotto it was at 9pm at night and in the middle of a worsening storm. i took 2 orange flavoured chewy kwells-one hour and 1/2 hour prior to gettin on the ferry. they sure helped.i was sure sittin in the lower deck with no ventilation and the heaters on woyuld make me go but its the best i have ever felt on a boat....even on one going around hillaries marina on a flat afternoon with virtually no swell or wind. just personal preference though.
btw i did make the mistake the year later of eating 10 party pies before leaving...... NOT GOOD

formerly Son of Irish