Michelle Segrest

How to Battle Seasickness

100 Tips to Help You Get Your Sea Legs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How to Battle Seasickness: 100 Tips to Help You Get Your Sea Legs is the ultimate companion for anyone who struggles with motion sickness-whether you're setting sail, cruising on a ferry, or even piloting a small boat. Drawing on extensive research, personal experience, and expert insights, Michelle Segrest delivers 100 actionable tips-from natural and psychological tricks to pharmaceutical options-to help you conquer seasickness and enjoy life on the water. Inside this guide, you'll discover:Why seasickness happens and how sensory conflict between your inner ear, eyes, and brain triggers nausea Quick preventative strategies-like focusing on the horizon, staying amidships, and breathing techniques-to reduce queasiness Natural remedies including ginger, peppermint, wrist acupressure bands, and self-care routines that calm your system Safe pharmaceutical options, from over-the-counter antihistamines to doctor-prescribed patches-along with clear cautions Real-world stories from a seasoned sailor-complete with tips that helped even four-legged crew members find relief Adaptation tactics like working through the motion or immersing yourself to build up your "sea legs" faster Whether you're an experienced mariner, a weekend boater, or a cruise vacationer, this guide equips you with everything you need to feel better, faster-as you embrace the freedom of open water. No more holding back your adventures because of nausea. Discover how to enjoy smoother sailing-every time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Navigate Content, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9781088062159
• ISBN-10: 1088062156
• Artikelnr.: 75102343

Autorenporträt

Michelle Segrest has been a professional journalist for four decades. She writes the award winning blog "How to Get Your Sea Legs and is the author of 30 books, including a sailing memoir, "Living Life Sideways." She has experienced epic battles with seasickness while sailing the world on a 43-foot steel ketch with only a two-person crew. She learned that beginners are not the only ones who suffer from the phenomenon. Since the beginning of time, humans have battled their way through seasickness-even experienced captains and seasoned sailors.