From a Navy guy: take pretzels, the ones you can grab a handful of. Drink some water, and you are good to go for a few hours. Always keep something in your stomach and think of something positive. It has worked for me for some years.

I agree with the pretzels and having something in your stomach, but when the boat starts rocking, the pretzels soon don't work...Pretzels and crackers work for small waves and movement but not the big ones...

I don't get seasick myself, but a good friend swears by the wrist bands and . . . ginger! Either ginger root, or those hard round ginger candies. And the good part is, you can use the bands and the candy in addition to whatever prescription (patch or pill) you take, because they have no side effects.

I would like to scream at anyone who says that seasickness is psychological!

And as tuscanlifeedit said, yes asthma used to be considered psychological too. Oh right, I wish I could have explained that to my grandson when he had his attacks. It is funny the ER didn't consider it psychological. And reports have come out that Solano County in CA has one of the highest rates of asthma in the US. Psychological, I think not.

And neither is seasickness.

I have done a lot of boating. And have owned boats. A speed racing boat and a 28 foot Trojan Cabin Cruiser. Never got seasick on either one.

Went with friends on a sailboat up the Inland Passage from Canada and I was fine until the fifth day. Seasickness hit. Worse then having the flu. Our friend, the captain (born in England and learned to sail in the North Sea) kept telling me "just look at the horizion".

I understood the concept (lots of navy people in my family) but believe me it did not help.

I have only taking two cruises in my life. And will probably never take another one as really do not care for them.

On the first cruise I had seasickness for over 24 hours. On the second cruise I had no problem at all.

On the hydrofoilboats to Capri where lots of people get sick and start vomiting, I have never had a problem.

Ferries amongst Canada, the San Juan Islands etc., I have never had a problem

Why one gets seasickness or not is beyond me. But when it happens it happens and it is awful.

My late husband was a LT.Com. in the US Navy. He always said there were some crew members that had to be taken off ships and never sent to sea again because of their seasickness problem.

Anyway, enough of my lecture, LOL.

Jaisy, I do not know what the answer is for you. You have gotten some ideas fromn others here that suffer from seasickness too.

I hope that you can work out this problem so that you can take the trip you want to.

I don't know how long you are going to be on a boat and what kind...are you basically talking about the ferry boats? In my younger days I spent a lot of times on boats in and around San Francisco Bay. I didn't have a lot of problems but one time fishing out past the Farallon Islands I noticed I had a problem going below deck. It was wierd because I'd never felt that before. I stayed on deck and found if I looked at the shore or the skyline, giving me something to focus on, the queasiness went away. There were a couple of people on board that were very ill the entire trip. I don't know the rules on the ferries so don't know if they allow people to stay out on deck, but if they do you might find that to be helpful to you. You should probably stay forward if you can so you don't get fumes from the engines if that is applicable. Also, some of the medications suggested here could be of help to you. Hopefully all your worry will be for naught.

Hi Crefloors, I had an uncle that had a fishing boat, and he used to take us out under the Golden Gate Bridge and out to the Farallon Islands also. And I never got seasick. Forgot about that until I read your post.

I do remember gas fumes, but for some reason they did not make me ill.

Seasickness can come and go. But for sure I know if someone has it they feel so terrible.

Take care!

Tracy B: pretzels work for big waves. Trust me, just came back from a stormy North Atlantic jaunt in a tiny frigate- average 20ft waves, the pretzels worked. I did not get sick at all. I have pictures to prove it.

although i never get sea-sick (thankfully) i have heard that it is something to do with balance in the inner ear and lying down flat helps greatly. on a sea crossing some years ago my husband felt sea-sick and tried this and it worked very well. worth trying anyway.