do you get seasick?

I don't get seasick but once we crossed the English Channel on a Ferry - it was fine going over to France, but coming back was terrible - most people were throwing up. I didin't get sick but I definitely felt a little light headed and the smell was terrible.

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Sometimes. When it's really rocky yes, otherwise no.

Never though I've heard it can set in for anyone at anytime...my friends have had grueling bouts of it while fishing on rough water...not a pleasant show but since it's a group of guys we all riff on the poor bastards😂

Grew up on a lot of boats (relatives on the Gulf of Mexico) and thought I had my sea-legs. But then an overnight deep-sea fishing trip tuned me up. No escape. A full day of fishing for the whole gang while I staggered around in misery, listening to and trying every worthless tip/cure. Only time ever. Fine every time after.

I've been on boats hundreds of times and the only time I got seasick was on a cruise ship in high seas. It was the very slow motion aspect that made me ill. No vomiting, just a queasy feeling that sent me to my bunk for the rest of the night.

Technically no, but I do get severe motion sickness, which is why I can't do things like travel on boats or ride most carnival/amusement park rides.

I've only been sick once, and only for a few minutes, and that was in a huge storm on the Great Southern Ocean between South America and Antarctica. No shame in losing one meal to the roughest seas in the world!

In general, I don't, and funny thing, birdwatchers don't. I've been on tons of sea-birding boat trips, and in all those trips, I've only ever seen one birdwatcher get seasick! Sport fishermen and other macho types are MUCH more likely to be heaving over the side!

I think it's because birders are always staring out to sea, looking at the horizon is a known treatment for seasickness. It helps the brain find its equilibrium.