Re: [Paddlewise] motion sickness

....WHY YOU CHOWDERHEAD!!!!!   DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT UNFEATHERED
PADDLES!!!!!..........WHY LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT HERE AND NOW
SISTER!!!     .....first rule of this list.....never use the words feathered
and unfeathered in the same posting.


Michelle D. Smith wrote:

> I haven't been motion sick while kayaking, but then I'm a newbie
> and have been staying close to shore in protected waters and
> not going out in too much of a wind until I improve my skills.
>
> That said, when I used to travel alot on business, I found that
> I got motion sick about every third time I flew.  Not good.
> I bought some accupressure bands -- they look like very small
> sweatbands, but have a small plastic bump on the inside that
> you place on the inside of your wrist, about an inch from your
> hand.  They're available at most luggage stores, and I've
> bought them at airports when I've forgotten mine.
>
> They work.  And they don't make me sleepy like
> dramamine, etc.
>
> There might be a downside to them, though.  I knit quite alot,
> and when I have the bands on my wrists get a bit stiff from all
> the repetitive motion.  This might happen while paddeling as
> well, particularly if using a feathered paddle.  (I hope this
> doesn't start the great feathered vs. unfeathered debate
> again!)
>
> -Michelle
>
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