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Just after midnight we dipped into the North Pacific Ocean and there was even less wind than expected. It was nearly flat calm. However the swell was there, rolling in from the Gulf of Alaska and being slightly higher than expected. I observed 7 to 8 feet and that made d the Statendam gently move on the Ocean. Later on the swell increased to 10 feet and with the bow clipping into it made us move a bit more. Not bad at all but for a few people it might have been a bit too wobbly. I saw a few privacy signs on cabins doors at a time that I was not expecting it. Still the great majority was running around without having any worry what so ever. Being sea sick is a strange state of affairs. As it is just part of your genetic make up. You cannot control nor train the balancing sensor in your ear, and it gets triggered for everyone in a different way.** Some people are never sea sick, some people always but the majority just need time to let their body adjust to a totally different movement than what you have on land. There you can have motion sickness as well. The school teacher I had in elementary school, final year, always got sick in the back of the bus. If he was sitting on the front seat, so he could see the road, he was fine. I have never been sea sick, except when I had to inhale fish being fried while in wind force 8 on the North Sea. Fried fish does not bother me, storm does not bother me and a moving ship does not bother me but my body did not like the combination. For those who were not cooped up inside were participating in all the daily activities and there was a lot of wildlife to see. The whales were very active and several breached very close to the ship. Unfortunately we have not found a way yet to let the Whales announce what they are going to do, […]
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Just after midnight we dipped into the North Pacific Ocean and there was even less wind than expected. It was nearly flat calm. However the swell was there, rolling in from the Gulf of Alaska and being slightly higher than expected. I observed 7 to 8 feet and that made d the Statendam gently move on the Ocean. Later on the swell increased to 10 feet and with the bow clipping into it made us move a bit more. Not bad at all but for a few people it might have been a bit too wobbly. I saw a few privacy signs on cabins doors at a time that I was not expecting it. Still the great majority was running around without having any worry what so ever. Being sea sick is a strange state of affairs. As it is just part of your genetic make up. You cannot control nor train the balancing sensor in your ear, and it gets triggered for everyone in a different way.** Some people are never sea sick, some people always but the majority just need time to let their body adjust to a totally different movement than what you have on land. There you can have motion sickness as well. The school teacher I had in elementary school, final year, always got sick in the back of the bus. If he was sitting on the front seat, so he could see the road, he was fine. I have never been sea sick, except when I had to inhale fish being fried while in wind force 8 on the North Sea. Fried fish does not bother me, storm does not bother me and a moving ship does not bother me but my body did not like the combination. For those who were not cooped up inside were participating in all the daily activities and there was a lot of wildlife to see. The whales were very active and several breached very close to the ship. Unfortunately we have not found a way yet to let the Whales announce what they are going to do, […]
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