[HighTide]

My first time on the open ocean was this past November when I went to the British Virgin Islands and met up with friends there- 1 week on the boat... We'd get off to check places out, but all our meals were on there, we'd sleep on there... and the first few nights it was CHOPPY! Three days. I was told it takes about 3 days to get over it. I was so sick it wasn't even funny- and we were doing serious sailing! That was the main point of the trip, getting in good sailing time, learning more about it. Nothing like trying to hoist the main, or run the jib sheets when you think you're going to be sick on deck! Thankfully, in the middle of the 3rd day, when I was considering chopping off my own head (Just kidding!), a friend of mine decided she didn't need her acupressure wrist bands anymore, and gave them to me. I started to feel better. At one point I told my buddy the Captain... "You know, I don't care if the cure's all in my head- or if it is acupressure... it's working!" Those things hurt though, and I was left with a couple of bruises on my wrists, but it didn't matter- it was worth it. Funny thing? For WEEKS after, I would wake up feeling like I was back on the boat on rough water, feeling like I was laying on the catamaran's trampoline, about to be flung out of my bed! To the point where it would make me sea sick on solid ground! I was wishing I hadn't given the wrist bands back to my friend- I had no idea I'd still get motion sick while laying still!