Seasickness: The negative side of sailing

Date: 25.10.2025
Position: Biskaya
Nautical Position: 4531,8‘ N 00734‘ W
Etmal: 139 sm
Course: 212
Average Speed: 5,8 kn

Today our day started as every day with the beautiful voice in our ear whispering: “Wake up! It’s seven a.m., your watch begins in one hour…” (of course in German).

After a short breakfast we had to get ready for our 8-12 watch, which is always really difficult due to our still continuing seasickness.

At first, our watch started with a beautiful sky full of stars which quickly turned into a sunny day. When it got bright, we could bream the „rah sails“, so the sails stay better in the wind.

After that, our watch was really calm so we could practice a few knots, e.g. the eight knot and we learned the knot that keeps the unused sails in place at the rah (½ round turn with 2 half hitches).

After cleaning the deck we could enjoy the sun and luckily the waves got smaller, which made the seasickness less uncomfortable.

That led us to do an intermediate and ask people how much they were affected by the sickness during the first week on board.

On a scale from one to ten, how much were you affected by the seasickness?

Levi 5/10
Kilian 3/10
Sarah 6/10
Julian 4/10
Beeke 7/10
Anton 1/10
Maxim 7/10
Maya 1/10
Louisa 4/10
Emilian 7/10
Mateo 6/10
Mila 1/10
Ella 3/10
Neele 6/10
Nienke 6/10
Karl 7/10
Paula 0/10
Sophia 4/10
Olivia 4/10
Linn 10/10
Miriam 8/10
Mona 4/10
Matilda 9/10
Milena 4/10
Lotta U. 8/10
Niklas 3/10
Lotti (Lotta W.) 9/10
Julius 7/10
Leonie 1/10
Joshua 0/10
Max 10/10
Andi 3/10
Fenia 8/10
Delia 0/10
Niklas 3π/10 (Mathelehrer 🙄)

Throw-up counter: How often did you have to throw up?

Levi 0x
Kilian 2x
Sarah 5x
Julian 5x
Beeke 2x
Anton 0x
Maxim 0x
Maya 0x
Louisa 4x
Emilian 16x
Mateo 7x
Mila 0x
Ella 2x
Neele 3x
Nienke 10x
Karl 1x
Paula 0x
Sophia 5x
Olivia 2x
Linn 26x
Miriam 3x
Mona 1x
Matilda 19x
Milena 1x
Lotta 16x
Niklas 0x
Lotti 10x
Julius 5x
Leonie 0x
Joshua 0x
Max 17x
Andi 0x
Fenia 20x
Delia 0x
Niklas 7x