How to Battle Seasickness

100 Tips to Help You Get Your Sea Legs

Michelle Segrest

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English

IngramSpark
03 August 2025

Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Coping with illness; Sailing; Adventure holidays

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.

By: Michelle Segrest
Imprint: IngramSpark
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9781088062159
ISBN 10: 1088062156
Pages: 134
Publication Date: 03 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for How to Battle Seasickness: 100 Tips to Help You Get Your Sea Legs

You don't have to be a sailor to benefit from the tips in the book, although who wouldn't want to get out on the open sea after reading? Still, these pharmaceutical, holistic and psychological tips will help you whether you are in the Gulf of Mexico, in the car going to see family or on a plan for that can't-miss vacation. The stories are fascinating, coming from a gifted writer. And the best part of all: This isn't a random person offering advice. By her own admission, the author suffered epic battles with seasickness yet found a way to battle it. These tips will show you how to get back out there and enjoy the journey along the way. After reading, you will know exactly what it really feels like to suffer from motion sickness. You'll enjoy this book, plus, you'll have 100s of tips to help you overcome. -Verified Amazon Review