![]() I tolerated it (it was THAT bad), but was glad that it didn't last the entire trip. My husband thoroughly enjoyed it because it gave us the true sense of sailing. We had to taken a couple of minutes to put everything away.Īctive seas are a mixed blessing. One night we were awoken in the middle of the night with things sliding all over our room and bathroom. ![]() Fortunately I brought a couple of motion sickness patches (a Transderm Scopalomine prescription, since I am pregnant). We had a fantastic trip, but the seas were a little rough during several of the nights. One of the couples on the trip had been on 6 other cruises with the Star Clipper line and commented that they had never seen seas as rough as they had on this trip. We went into expecting rough seas and we were not disappointed. Maarten (Captain Sergei, First Officer Fernando, Frederic the Cruise Director, David the Engineer, etc). We were on the 11/27 cruise on the Star Clipper out of St. Also make sure to secure evertiny in your cabin, things were flying around like a tornado. We did not have alot of rain, but the winds were awful. Just be aware even in the non-hurricane season the winds can pick up and everything on your graceful sailing ship can change. Martin we had to put our luggage out and it would roll down the hall. We were never in any danger but we were taking motion sickness pills like candy.īecause of winds we missed 1 port, and it took us an extra 7 hours to get to St. At one point in the night the back end of the ship came out of the water. If you had a cabin on the lower deck you had water hitting your porthole all night. There were glasses flying of tables and the have these boards they put up to keep you in bed because the ship leans so much. There are no stabelizers on these ships so even under motor you rock and roll. The ship was not only rocking but we tore a sail because of winds. We had 20 - 45 mph winds for 2 full days. I was fine the first few days but then the winds kicked up about Wednesday. The Star Clipper is a whole new ball game. I am not one for motion sickness and have sailed on the Windstar with no problems. Let me first say we had a wonderful time, loved the ship, staff, food and all our fellow cruisers, and we want to go again next year. Just returned Saturday from my Star Clipper cruise and I am still walking sideways.
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