At sea, southwest of Seattle: It is true that the first cruising day out of a West Coast port often brings rough weather. This trip is no exception. We have rain and some wind and whitecaps today.
Farther out into the world’s greatest ocean things normally calm down. I’ll be letting you know how we fare.
We sailed late, apparently slow deliveries of necessities held us up as we pax were all on board. The captain has been no end of apologetic, but assures we will dock on time in Hawaii. A late departure simply means we’ll have to average a slightly greater speed to regain our schedule.
Meanwhile we pax are regaining our sea legs, trying to walk straight lines on a deck that is rocking somewhat. Turnout for lunch was excellent, suggesting no great amount of mal de mer.
As very experienced cruisers, the DrsC each take an OTC meclizine hydrochloride tablet every evening of the cruise, including the night before boarding. We’ve had no side effects and next-to-no sea sickness. On the very rough water cruise to Antarctica we learned you can up the dose to one every four hours if needed, we didn’t.
This is a well-traveled bunch of pax, hardly anybody’s first rodeo. At 23 days ours is a longish cruise and newbies tend to do the one-week specials - Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, or Alaska. That’s smart, why commit to a long cruise if you aren’t sure you’ll love it?
