Topic: Chronic Sea Sickness Test

[Stacked]

THAT IS THE F-ING SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!

And that's why I picked LAND.
(I'd rather sleep on an anthill every night for a year that deal with ONE DAY of THAT.)

See, Read and heed, prospective Seaman!

Holy God....I'm nauseated just from looking @ those pics...

Looks like a blast to me, but I guess that's why I picked Sea.   

[medicineman]

I'll quote you on that Stacked...while eating pizza in your face as you're gacking everywhere  .

MM

[Melbatoast]

Bear in mind we are significantly smaller than a CPF and no that's not a good thing either.

Coming back from Hawaii in Feb 07 on a CPF we kissed 50 degrees on more than one occasion; 40 was routine.  That bridge shot looks about the same.  The year before on the same transit, the same ship allegedly hit 60*, although I don't think the roll gauge thingy goes that high (I wasn't on board).  It sure as hell didn't help that we were dragging a shaft and could only make about 8 knots.

Man I'm glad I'm in the air force now - a few hours at a time of bouncing around, instead of two weeks 24/7.

[Hammer Sandwich]

Looks like a blast to me, but I guess that's why I picked Sea.   

Sick-arsed-sob......

All a y'all NAVY fellas are........

Do none of ya know the delight of digging in, sleeping in, rolling in, and...loving LAND....J/K

I'd never have the sack for it, good on ya'! 

[BernDawg]

Why would you assume such a foolish cause?  Personnel are regularly occupationally transferred before being qualified in the enrolled occupation.  It happens all the time when PATs become medically unfit occupation but meet universality of service, when trainees fail out of an occupation's training, and even voluntarily when a PAT indicates they have no desire to proceed in their current occupation.

Why? Because I've seen it before. Perhaps more than a few years ago but I have seen it.  Pat's weren't re-mustered back in the day either so I may, indeed, be out of touch but I maintain that it's a plausible scenario.

[MCG]

... I maintain that it's a plausible scenario.

It is not a plausible scenario.

[NavyShooter]

Chief Stoker, those are some pretty cool pics.

I've seen 42.6 degrees...ish.

Good fun.

NS

[Chief Stoker]

Chief Stoker, those are some pretty cool pics.

I've seen 42.6 degrees...ish.

Good fun.

NS

When we rolled over to 39 degrees we also suffered a total loss of propulsion due to the thrusters coming out of the water and overspeeding. I happened to be out on the sweepdeck with 6 other pers including the CO trying to resecure some oil barrels and such. When the engineering emergency was piped made it inside going through water up to my waist, fun times. That's the closest brush with going over the side I ever had.

[Halifax Tar]

YARRRRR! lol

[NavalMoose]

Having sailed in ships ranging from MCDVs to Aircraft Carriers I can say that luckily for me I never got physically sick. There were many times when I felt lousy but I never puked. It can be very tiring when you can't sleep properly and still have to time the ladders going up or down to get to work or your watch.  Mostly enjoyed every minute though.

[Pusser]

Sick-arsed-sob......

All a y'all NAVY fellas are........

Do none of ya know the delight of digging in, sleeping in, rolling in, and...loving LAND....J/K

I'd never have the sack for it, good on ya'! 

The only trouble with those holes is that the sides are covered in dirt,  EWWW!

Sitting down to dinner at a table everynight with proper cutlery and crockery is damn civilized,  even if it does occasionally fly across the room at you, along with a table full of food.  Flying cutlery, food and sub-lieutenants make for a good evening's entertainment!

I do, however, question the decision to put "The Perfect Storm" on the big screen when we're getting the crap kicked out of us on one trip.  It was right up there with singing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" during a Channel Fever party years ago...

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Sick-arsed-sob......

All a y'all NAVY fellas are........

Do none of ya know the delight of digging in, sleeping in, rolling in, and...loving LAND....J/K

I'd never have the sack for it, good on ya'! 

My first training Petty Officer made it clear to us that "if god had meant for us to be pongos, we would have been born with shovels instead of hands and lots of pockets."

BTW, my worst roll memory is from PORTE DAUPHINE. When the Fisheries Dept operated her on the great lakes, they refitted the after cabins and for completely unknown (and unnatural) reasons put all the bunks atwartship instead of fore-and-aft. One night we got caught in a big storm off the Queen Charlotte's and had to turn 180 so got beam to for a short while: I remember suddenly waking up wondering why I was standing up in my bunk while I just saw the shadow of my solid oak desk popping the four screws holding it down and literally falling from the now deckhead of my cabin into the cabin door (now acting as deck).

I learned a few hours later that we maxed out on the angle indicator, which tops at 60 degrees on a Gate Vessel. Thank god they were some of the most seaworthy little vessels out there.
 

[Melbatoast]

Having sailed in ships ranging from MCDVs to Aircraft Carriers I can say that luckily for me I never got physically sick. There were many times when I felt lousy but I never puked. It can be very tiring when you can't sleep properly and still have to time the ladders going up or down to get to work or your watch.  Mostly enjoyed every minute though.

I only got physically ill on one sail, but it was over the course of almost the entire trip.  Very strange seas that gave the CPF a nasty, 280-like roll.  I couldn't keep anything down and in the end, had to get the gravol shot.  The final straw was when I tore out of the ops room to go to the sea head, which was in use, and then tried to get to the heads outside the cave but didn't make it.  Saltines and water everywhere.  Yes, I cleaned it up.

I hadn't experienced anything like it before, or since, and I've got a few sea miles under my belt - it definitely gave me an appreciation of what a true chronic seasick person feels, and it's absolutely miserable.

And to pay a little more attention to the thread topic, the Esquimalt BPSO site has the procedures for chronic seasick pers, which is basically they will start the reassignment process as soon as a local MO signs off, before the official med cat change comes from Ottawa (which can take a while).  No mention of releasing people.  I can't personally recall seeing someone released for seasickness if he or she didn't want it - sometimes the reassignment choices can be a little unpalatable/unexciting.