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On my bucket list.  I could never do one of those huge ship cruises, but the windjammer cruise would be incredible.

I see it's actually cheaper than I thought it would be.  A friend's son and daughter in law sail for one of those companies, waiting to get an invite for a discounted cruise

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14 minutes ago, 12string said:

On my bucket list.  I could never do one of those huge ship cruises, but the windjammer cruise would be incredible.

I see it's actually cheaper than I thought it would be.  A friend's son and daughter in law sail for one of those companies, waiting to get an invite for a discounted cruise

I wonder about how well these larger sailboats do with regards to seasickness.  For whatever reason, my wife has grown more and more susceptible to nausea, so a week or two of dramamine or similar seems awful :(  She has even gotten nauseous sea kayaking in the Caribbean, and she takes the dramamine if we are whale watching or some other shorter duration ocean boating trip.  On a large cruise ship, it has happened in heavy seas, but not in mild or calm seas.  We've done the wrist pressure things (hard to determine their efficacy), but maybe the ear patch things are the best route for her now.

Tom

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23 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

I wonder about how well these larger sailboats do with regards to seasickness.  For whatever reason, my wife has grown more and more susceptible to nausea, so a week or two of dramamine or similar seems awful :(  She has even gotten nauseous sea kayaking in the Caribbean, and she takes the dramamine if we are whale watching or some other shorter duration ocean boating trip.  On a large cruise ship, it has happened in heavy seas, but not in mild or calm seas.  We've done the wrist pressure things (hard to determine their efficacy), but maybe the ear patch things are the best route for her now.

Tom

Ear patch. Candied ginger. 

Sailboats are generally better, causing less motion sickness than power boats. And a larger boat like this would be less prone to inducing motion sickness than a small sea kayak bobbing in the water or a whale watching boat.

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3 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said:

Ear patch. Candied ginger. 

Sailboats are generally better, causing less motion sickness than power boats. And a larger boat like this would be less prone to inducing motion sickness than a small sea kayak bobbing in the water or a whale watching boat.

Some even have stabilizers.  I did a bit of googling to see if they had gyros, like seakeepers on the Island Windjammer and they did not say they did on their site, or on any reviews I found.  Did find one sailing cruise in the Med that had gyros.

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I have a friend who captains sail charters through the Caribbean. While I dislike the mega cruise ships - particurally Carnival’s itinerary at least one “fun day at sea” (translation- captive on ship with day sailing to reward their casino, bars, etc). One I might consider would be an Alaskan cruise but might default to train. On small boats, looking at Viking river cruise.

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2 minutes ago, jsharr said:

Some even have stabilizers.  I did a bit of googling to see if they had gyros, like seakeepers on the Island Windjammer and they did not say they did on their site, or on any reviews I found.  Did find one sailing cruise in the Med that had gyros.

So a gyro on the boat helps? Can it be as a salad, or does it have to be on a pita as a sandwich? I had a gyro salad yesterday and did not get seasick, so you may be onto something.

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1 minute ago, Tizeye said:

I have a friend who captains sail charters through the Caribbean. While I dislike the mega cruise ships - particurally Carnival’s itinerary at least one “fun day at sea” (translation- captive on ship with day sailing to reward their casino, bars, etc). One I might consider would be an Alaskan cruise but might default to train. On small boats, looking at Viking river cruise.

We laid in the sun and drank Mai Tais on our fun day.  It was fun.

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6 hours ago, 12string said:

On my bucket list.  I could never do one of those huge ship cruises, but the windjammer cruise would be incredible.

I see it's actually cheaper than I thought it would be.  A friend's son and daughter in law sail for one of those companies, waiting to get an invite for a discounted cruise

A windjammer cruise looks like fun.  I do like the huge ship cruises for the big stage shows, various music rooms, and other entertainment available between ports.

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2 hours ago, late said:

I will assume that has some relevance in your mind. I am appallingly well read, and have no idea at all what that might be.

The Katzenjammer Kids was the longest running cartoon strip in America.  When it finally ended the "cruise" was it's funeral barge according to the author.

It's appalling that you would consider yourself well read without knowing about this slice of Americana.

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1 hour ago, maddmaxx said:

The Katzenjammer Kids was the longest running cartoon strip in America.  When it finally ended the "cruise" was it's funeral barge according to the author.

It's appalling that you would consider yourself well read without knowing about this slice of Americana.

The cartoon stopped 2 years before I was born.

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9 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Nope, but I have heard they are fun.  They are also a good torture test of your liver.  :) 

My liver always seems to be ready for a party. 

The being engaged in how the boat gets from here to there really appeals to me.

Wandering around a floating casino has little appeal 

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