PJ Rattenbury wrote: > > Hi Ralph et al, > > Thanks for your comments re our rescue day. And BTW thanks for posting the > Boatshed web address on P/W. You may recall my Klepper 'career' began at > the Boatshed some years ago! I have a vague memory of it. I must be getting old!!! > I was the seasick one on the practice day, and I can only repeat what > PeterO mentioned, and that is how quickly one is debilitated when this > happens. The weekend after this event four of us went out to sea for the > day and one man [ experienced] became seasick. > Again, he went 'down' very quickly. This is not nice when it happens! As > one who has 'been there' I believe the seasick one quickly needs someone > alongside his boat, preferably nose to tail, so the 'rescuer' can visually > assess the sick person's state. If possible get the seasick one paddling > again. I think forward motion with eyes on the horizon [ if it is visible] > can stabilise the condition. I have only been sea sick once and really was nausea that started before I got into my boat. My tummy hadn't been too good earlier in the day when I had accompanied a swim race but I just put it out of my mind. Then, silly me, I had a greasy hotdog and limonade and that did me in. I decided to paddle back to the putin even though I could have left my boat where I was (the Boathouse). Boy was I ill!! I had a couple of other paddlers with me and warned them of my condition. Well, the water was very choppy with boat wakes hitting us on our portside. I just kept looking at the horizon for all I was worth and swallowing copious rolaids. Upon getting to the takeout, the small dock was bouncing with boat wakes. I barely crawled out in a most ungraceful exit. Looking back, I should have just taken a cab!!! ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 09 1999 - 16:15:17 PDT
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