LadyR Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Hi all, so we’ve just come home after our first week on our new nb. I adjusted really well to being on the water, however, now I am home, every time I sit or lie down, I feel like I’m swaying & bobbing - not a nice feeling. I’m really hoping it subsides as this might be the breaking of my new found love of the water. Anyone else suffer? I’ve read horror stories of people having it permanently, but quickly stopped reading 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheplod Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I get this for a day after being on the boat... it soon subsides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, robtheplod said: I get this for a day after being on the boat... it soon subsides! I hope it subsides for me too. I guess only time will tell 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, LadyR said: Hi all, so we’ve just come home after our first week on our new nb. I adjusted really well to being on the water, however, now I am home, every time I sit or lie down, I feel like I’m swaying & bobbing - not a nice feeling. I’m really hoping it subsides as this might be the breaking of my new found love of the water. Anyone else suffer? I’ve read horror stories of people having it permanently, but quickly stopped reading Yes, we used to get this on returning home. It does wear off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I find this happens after a couple of weeks on the boat, always feels like the office is swaying. Tends to only last a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said: Yes, we used to get this on returning home. It does wear off. That’s good to hear! 3 minutes ago, Rob-M said: I find this happens after a couple of weeks on the boat, always feels like the office is swaying. Tends to only last a few days. Yes, it’s so strange. I went to do a food shop this afternoon and it felt like the supermarket was on water. Hoping to wake up tomorrow and it’s eased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, LadyR said: That’s good to hear! Yes, it’s so strange. I went to do a food shop this afternoon and it felt like the supermarket was on water. Hoping to wake up tomorrow and it’s eased. There are some very very rare cases of it persisting for more than a few days, but it should vanish as quickly as it came. Cruise ship passengers often experience the same sensation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I used to get it after every boating trip. But I think after years of boating my body has adapted, and so no longer gets confused by the transition from on land to afloat and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I used get it after extended offshore cruises but over time the effort became less. Shame really as I used enjoy the sensation. Never experience it ditch crawling aka ploughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opener Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Yup. Boat Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Brummie Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 The other condition you may develop is "sailor's gait" where you basically walk with slightly bent knees to easily compensate for the roll of the boat. (Or it may be due to the alcohol consumption) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ex Brummie said: The other condition you may develop is "sailor's gait" where you basically walk with slightly bent knees to easily compensate for the roll of the boat. (Or it may be due to the alcohol consumption) And 'narrowboat twist' where you walk with one shoulder slightly forward to squeeze down the corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 To me it is a pleasant memory of times afloat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said: And 'narrowboat twist' where you walk with one shoulder slightly forward to squeeze down the corridor. Omg I already have this lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I found getting upstairs was a trail after a few weeks on the boat - and that includes climbing on and off the K&A lock beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) Don’t recall having this problem after being on the narrow boats or the barge for long periods but when on leave after up to a year at sea the house certainly moved and my gait was remarked on . Probably because of that I have always walked with a bit of a roll even when sober. Edited August 24, 2021 by Dav and Pen Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, David Mack said: I used to get it after every boating trip. But I think after years of boating my body has adapted, and so no longer gets confused by the transition from on land to afloat and vice versa. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Its not an unpleasant feeling, rather lulling when I lie down to sleep. Its being out in traffic that screams past that I find unnerving, crossing a road is terrible. And the noise of urban life is disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jen-in-Wellies Posted August 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 The weirdest sensation is when your boat is out of the water for blacking. You walk through it while automatically trying to compensate for movement that isn't happening. Most off putting. 🤢 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 We use to call it "bobbing" or boat-rock. Something to do with the ears apparently, but, as others have said, it does pass fairly quickly, and - importantly - it tends to dissipate the more time you spend boating; hardly ever happens to me nowadays (although I shan't say never...) The other weird thing I experience after time afloat is driving. However hard I try, I don't seem to be able to drift the car towards the kerb... and as for putting it into reverse to stop -- shall we just say there's no prop-walk (c: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bacchus said: We use to call it "bobbing" or boat-rock. Something to do with the ears apparently, but, as others have said, it does pass fairly quickly, and - importantly - it tends to dissipate the more time you spend boating; hardly ever happens to me nowadays (although I shan't say never...) The other weird thing I experience after time afloat is driving. However hard I try, I don't seem to be able to drift the car towards the kerb... and as for putting it into reverse to stop -- shall we just say there's no prop-walk (c: Thanks for your reply. It’s very interesting that it does get less the more time you spend afloat, this is very positive news. It’s still all new to me but this is one thing that I didn’t expect, so has taken me by surprise. It seems like a common thing to happen, so gives me comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard10002 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I had some carpets and lino fitted a couple of years ago. The carpet fitter said that it was the weirdest fitting they had ever done, and they both felt a bit queasy. I hardly notice any movement on board, or lack of it when ashore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony1 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 I did a week aboard a tall ship in moderately blustery weather many years ago, and when we first stepped back ashore it was a totally bizarre feeling to walk on solid ground, that didn't move. It took a few hours to adjust. But over time, you definitely do adjust, just as you adjusted to being aboard in the first place. I have noticed a much less extreme version of this syndrome recently- it happens if I've not stepped ashore (for any significant time) over a period of days. But it never persists for very long. I find that a ten mile round trip- cycling to the nearest shop- is a great cure. Typically I bump along the towpath for half a mile or so, then do another mile or two down rutted, potholed and often muddy lanes, and finally a mile or two more into civilisation- usually, I must admit, to procure a beer ration- and generally speaking, by the time I arrive at the shop or supermarket du jour, my body and senses are so grateful to just not be cycling any more, and to be walking upon smooth concrete (and more importantly within easy reach of liquid groceries), that the sensitive gyroscopic balance systems within my inner ear, that might otherwise have taken issue with me stepping ashore, make no fuss at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Yes, a bit, even since I was a kid, and still occasionally. Probably half psychothingummy and half genuinely trying to compensate for a rocking motion that is no longer there. It's just your way of telling you that you really, really need to get back on the water. Oddly, it affects me no more after sailing on the estuary, bouncing everywhere, than it does gently rocking away on the canal. It affects none of your faculties, reactions etc, but there is no cure except for playing boats again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) I spend about 80% of my time on the boat but never get feelings of swaying when I spend time on land. What sort of waters are you lot boating on? Canals aren't exactly lumpy water. Most narrowboaters seem to be either scared or angry because someone's gone past too fast, if their boats pitch or roll 😂 Edited August 24, 2021 by blackrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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