Atlantic crossing tips

We asked for some of your tips for crossing the Atlantic.

Eat vacuum-pack home-cooked meals. Get a wind generator. Fit self-steering gear if two- or three-handed. Buy new sails. Don’t be scared of the spinnaker – even at night. Have your camera ready. Take AIS; forget radar.

Learn how to use a sextant for entertainment, if nothing else. Fit an inner forestay. Take at least five good books. Buy red trousers to wear when you make it. Try every possible sail combination. Keep a proper log and review it. Never sail close-hauled; only fetch. Clip on when it’s windy.

What else? Oh yeah, do it! It’s not as hard as you think.

Luke Yeates

The Facebook debate: Seasickness cures

Seasickness is no joke. Do you have a favourite remedy?

There are two stages of sea sickness: in the first stage, you are afraid that you are going to die, and in the second stage, you are afraid you won’t .

Steve Dyer

I don’t get seasick, but was told of this cure by a long term sufferer. Take 30 minutes before setting off: One Kwells Kids 150mg

Two Pro Plus 50mg

One Hayleve (chlorphenamine) 4mg

Derek O’reilly

I’ve tried them all and nothing worked for me until I found Paihia Bombs, available from Paihia Pharmacy, New Zealand. I have been using these for years and enjoying my sailing and fishing in Bass Strait, Tasmania in dinghies and Iarge boats without nausea or side effects like dry mouth.

Rob Claridge

I take Stugeron [the generic drug name is cinnarizine]. I take two pills two hours before sailing and