Forums39
Topics39,141
Posts317,264
Members26,624
|
Most Online2,995 Sep 3rd, 2024
|
|
11 registered members (BarbyandLeo, George1234, Fred, SXMScubaman, BillDauterive, tradewinds, eightzerobits, marybeth, 3 invisible),
1,962
guests, and 316
spiders. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: hallucination]
#65202
08/19/2015 10:51 PM
08/19/2015 10:51 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 969 NC, USA
capndar
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 969
NC, USA
|
Sailors should have intentions, not plans!
Capndar Masters 50 GT Sail/Power/Towing 3rd generation sailor
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: mgeatens]
#65204
08/25/2015 09:21 PM
08/25/2015 09:21 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 559 Apex, NC
agrimsrud
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 559
Apex, NC
|
Sounds like you will be picking up the boat on STT. We've chartered with CYOA several times and have found it very cost effective and convenient to pick up an Avis car at the airport. We then pick up provisions at Plaza Extra. You will pass Cost U Less on the way and could certainly stop there as well. Stick all the provisions on the boat and the next day return the rental car at the float plane dock and walk the 50 100 yards back to the charter base.
We have also provisioned at Pueblo which is a moderately long hot walk and a "taxi" coming back. The provisions you can get to with the rental car are in my opinion much better. And essentially for the cost of the taxi ride from the airport to the charter base plus the taxi cost from the Pueblo market back to base you will have paid for the rental car (I think in June the rental car including insurance was something like $85). So why not? Just make sure you think clearly at every intersection 'cause you're driving on the wrong (sorry my British friends...) side of the road. It's about the only place I ever pay for the optional insurance on the rental car just to make sure.
Life's short - sail more!
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: Twanger]
#65208
09/04/2015 11:09 AM
09/04/2015 11:09 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 5,720 Massachusetts
maytrix
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 5,720
Massachusetts
|
See your doctor. Get the patch. As you said, you experience it during any boating outings, so you will experience it in the BVI as well. Get the patch and you should be free of any seasickness. It's recommended to try it before you leave just to see if you have any side effects from it.
Matt
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: maytrix]
#65209
09/10/2015 07:40 PM
09/10/2015 07:40 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 252 Chicago, IL
Showdavid
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 252
Chicago, IL
|
The patch (scopolamine) works! It may make you a bit drowsy, but you'll sleep we'll the first night and by the third day, you can take it off and you will find you probably have you're sea legs. Getting back on land after a week on board, that's another question....
Dave
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: Showdavid]
#65210
10/02/2015 02:43 PM
10/02/2015 02:43 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 259 42.99N 76.46W
jmon
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 259
42.99N 76.46W
|
WE have chartered over 20 x's and only had one experience with a member of our crew getting seasick. We sailed around the south side of St John on our way back to St Thomas and it was pretty rough. Other than that we have not had problems. Patch is a good idea.
Jeff Tug William B
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: jmon]
#65211
10/02/2015 04:14 PM
10/02/2015 04:14 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 200 Oklahoma
LivinLarge
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 200
Oklahoma
|
On a trip to Grenada, we discovered Meclizine for seasickness. Trust me !!! One pill a day is all that is needed. This stuff works -- no drowsiness at all and it works fast !!! I have tried Dramamine in the past and it was ineffective on me and made me really drowsy to boot.
Allan
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: StormJib]
#65216
10/04/2015 07:13 PM
10/04/2015 07:13 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,901 Maine
Breeze
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,901
Maine
|
Bonine/Meclizine is good stuff. OTC Bonine has always worked for me.
Start using it 24-48 hours before you board your initial flight.
Take it every morning for the first 2 or 3 days of your charter, and if you have trouble with boat motion in your cabin, take it again at night. Eat SOMETHING for breakfast every morning, try to snack frequently, be sure to stay hydrated and that means keep a water bottle in reach all the time, 24/7.
You can get de-hydrated really easily early on a charter, with sun and wind , exposed skin, and in many cases warmer temperatures than you are used to. Alcohol makes you pee. De-hydration leads to electrolyte imbalance, which in itself leads to nausea , and thats pretty much a half-steppin, boot shufflin line dance right to Sea sick. Being scared of being seasick is also halfway to being seasick. If you are scared of feeling ill, you can easily not eat, not stay hydrated, and put yourself right into the position you don't want.
Frankly, being sea-sick will be a lot easier, if you have something in your stomach to give up to Neptune. You will recover faster if you don't start from a position of weakness. Should you get to that point of "chumming over the rail," MAKE yourself keep sipping water, even if you keep tossing it. Have someone sit with you, and give them the responsibility of helping you remember to sip, sip sip. The absolute worst side effect of being seasick, is having no hydration to aid recovery.
It happens. It isn't anyone's idea of a good vacation experience, but one can actually do a lot to prevent it, and also to get over it.
Stay focusd on the things you can see and watch and participate in around you. Sit by the helmsperson, try to identify your course and your surroundings, get involved.
|
|
|
Re: New to chartering!!
[Re: StormJib]
#65217
10/05/2015 11:59 AM
10/05/2015 11:59 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 308 Tampa, FL
denverd0n
Traveler
|
Traveler
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 308
Tampa, FL
|
StormJib said: There is no magic instant pill or device. Find what works for you and start using it in advance of any motion. This is the main thing to realize. There is no magic pill. What works for one person may--or may not--work for another. Anyone who tells you "this is what I take and it is guaranteed to work" is simply wrong. It works for them. Great. Does not guarantee that it will work for you. The good news is that pharmacies in the islands can generally sell you a variety of things that would require a prescription in the United States. Pick one of the suggestions here and try it out (meclizine works for me). If it works for you, wonderful. If it doesn't, stop in at a pharmacy and talk to the pharmacists. Tell them what you have tried and they will probably be able to suggest something else that might work better. Good luck!
|
|
|
|