How rocky are the seas? ~ August 2010

[sealovers]

We cruised on the Westerdam the third week in September, 2 years ago and encountered 70 knot winds next to the last evening. I'm not sure of the exact location, but we were in Vancouver the next evening on the way back to Seattle. The size of the waves were amazing, but the ship did not rock much, it was just very bumpy. It felt somewhat like going over lots of railroad tracks. DH slept through it and I settled in the bar near the casino and watched the waves roll past the large round windows. I don't drink, but somehow acquired an appreciation for Bailey's that night. It was an amazing ride! Special 'little bags' in neat holders were hung at each bank of elevators. No announcements were made that evening, but the captain informed us the next morning that we had sailed through hurricane force winds. Of course the water was like glass the next morning. I knew we were in good hands, but it would have been somewhat calming if the captain had announced what we were going through and at least telling us that everything was under control. I imagine he has seen worse.

 

 

We had 7-8 foots waves on a small boat tour out of Seward. I would think 12 foot waves in a big cruise ship shouldn't be too bad. Is my assumption incorrect? I have only been on two cruises and both seemed pretty smooth, although we did feel movement on one.

 

I had been taking Bonine each night on our Alaska cruise so it was in my system for our boat tour in Seward. I did become queasy several times in spite of being on Bonine. Each time I began to feel queasy, I immediately took two ginger root capsules (about 500 mg each). I swear by these. They calmed me down each time. Before taking them though, you should get approval from your MD. Apparantly they don't mix well with all medications. For me they were a miracle drug. I was seasick once and did not want to repeat the experience.

[Giantfan13]

We were on the Pearl on the August 22 sailing. As has already been noted, our first sea day out of Seattle, the weather was raining all day and the seas were churning. They did get the barf bags out by the elevators. It really didn't bother us much at all,and by the way the people mobbed the buffet, didn't bother many of them either.

 

Cheers

 

Len