Seasick, as it's the boat's motion that is affecting you.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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What if I'm driving on a boat and get sick?
Fun fact. One (anecdotal) way of relieving sea sickness is to start driving the boat.
There could be something to it, too. You'd be focusing your eyes on the water and anticipating the motions.
This is actually true. George Washington would take his famous Dodge Charger on sea voyages and burn some rubber whenever he felt sick (sick of the English that is :flag_AMERICA:)
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Boat captains HATE this one trick!
Captain isn't driver on boats.
You waited two weeks to misread a comment. Good job.
Why's the time relevant? Did it go stale?
Your literacy? Apparently.
Well, as I'm a skipper I'll try this again. A skipper or captain doesn't have to be at the helm. They can competently do their job with any member of the crew at the helm. On larger vessels it's another matter, but it still doesn't require the captain to be in driver control. Do you understand yet?
My comment had nothing to do with driving boats, champ.
I get motion sick if I'm trying to read a screen that someone else is scrolling and I can't anticipate the moves.
im imagining u straining so hard to read someone elses screen that you throw up
🤣 I aint snoopin! It's mostly either when someone is trying to show me something or I'm in class and the professor is doing it on the projector. Bonus points for when they walk in front of the projector screen and the way the text moves over their face and body makes it all that much worse. I'm hanging on to my desk for dear life. 🤢
Looking at the horizon line is effective, its about your eyes and ears agreeing on the information they are receiving. If your ears are telling you that your moving but your eyes only see the static area around you (inside the boat, close water, etc) then your eyes are saying 'no movement here buddy' and then your brain gets confused and you feel sick as a result. Looking at the horizon (or land if your are within eyesight) gives your brain a visual reference that ties into the inner ear sensor input
This makes sense to me. I rarely spend time on boats, but when I'm not the driver in a car, I get sick almost instantly. I do my best to keep my eyes on the road to minimize it, but I just can't stay focused as much when I'm not the driver, and my eyes tend to wander around to other things.
What if the ferry is only on a lake or a river? 🤔
Or a bay or a sound?
Are there car ferries where you are allowed to stay inside the car? O.o
We have a few here for really short trips. They're basically river crossings
Yes. I've sat inside my car on ferries in Seattle and Cincinnati.
Yep, in Australia we have a fair few Punts (aka cable ferries) for river crossings in a car, like the Putney Punt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortlake_Ferry) that crosses the Parramatta River.
Yes, it's mostly the ones where the trip is very short, like under an hour. Also the ones where the car deck is open.
I just lump it all together with motion sickness
Much easier to deal with than stillness sickness.
Also known as ADHD.
Hah, I love that.
Yes.
Ferrysick
Both. But mostly you're sick of being in a car with your family (IME)
I'm carsick without any nausea involved.
What if your on a river or lake, as opposed to a sea?