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Seasick dog on Scottish Islay Ferry—Oliver Ruhm (Flickr.com)

Yacht cruises are extremely fun, but not so if you are prone to being seasick. Don’t feel too embarrassed about being seasick; everyone feels it at one point or another during a boat trip. Even poor doggies like the one in the photo also go through it. And you can bet your fishing gear that even the most seasoned mariners and fishermen also experience a touch of clamminess and nausea once in a great while as they go about their business on a boat, too.

Sea sickness happens when your inner ear and eye start sending different signals to your brain when you’re on a boat. Sometimes even fumes from the boat’s engine or the fishy smell from nets and other fishing paraphernalia can contribute to the overall nausea, and there you go with your head over the boat’s edge, “feeding the fish” or mal de mer as they call it.

Your brain is then confused because it is used to getting receptors from a land-based body, and you feel queasy, nauseous, and dizzy, and your skin starts getting clammy before you start dry heaving or vomiting. How do you avoid all these so your boat trip won’t be ruined?

You can take an over the counter medication for motion sickness a few hours prior to boarding a boat. Ask your pharmacist for the proper dosage, and tell them if you are prone to sea sickness or just want a precautionary dosage. Most of these medication work well at keeping sea sickness and general nausea at bay, and they also help you recover faster if ever sea sickness has already set in.

You can also go for natural alternatives like ginger capsules, or even ginger snaps or ale. Ginger is quite good at working with the digestive tract so you have less chances of vomiting. Around 500 milligrams of ginger capsules should be enough to prevent sea sickness during a boat trip, but you can also bring a bottle of ginger ale which you can sip slowly to settle a threatening upset stomach.

When you’re already on board a boat, take huge gulps of fresh air and stare at the horizon so your vision and inner ear will get less confused once the boat starts moving. Soon you might even be able to find the motion soothing, and the sound of the waves lapping against the boat calming. Avoid reading or playing with hand-held gadgets, as these will only send more confused signals to your brain.

If you still find yourself getting seasick on the trip, sit down and take deep breaths, and make sure to drink lots of fluids containing electrolytes and glucose (Gatorade is a good beverage to have during these moments). Force yourself to eat saltine crackers and broth or slices of apples or pears, but nothing too rich like stews or savory meals, just so you can replace the lost nutrients you threw up.

Marina del Ray is a charming seaside man-made harbor in LA. It is the home port of thousands of boats, and has a total of nineteen marinas to hold these boats.

Spending a day at this quaint fisherman’s village can be a refreshing respite from the hustle and bustle of the city of Los Angeles, which surrounds it. Marina del Ray’s man-made harbor has been described as “the county’s most valuable resource” by the Los Angeles Times in 1997.

Yachts and other pleasure crafts and small boats go “home” to this port on a daily basis. For special occasions or if you simply wish to spend a pleasant day cruising, you can charter one of the boats. There are hourly and daily rates seven days a week on any of the docks.

One of Marina del Ray’s points of interests is the California Yacht Club. The place offers many activities not strictly confined to yachting. There is also the Fisherman’s Village, which is Marina del Ray’s waterfront mall. It is built to resemble a fishing village in New England, and promises a visual treat with such colorful constructions as a lighthouse, bright wooden buildings, a promenade, boat docks, and a working water fountain.

You can enjoy a variety of live music for free at the village’s square (where the fountain is), from rockabilly to reggae, jazz to blues, to salsa and funk. Live concerts start a little after the lunch hour. Speaking of lunch, you can get your meals from a variety of eating places at the Fisherman’s Village. The Lighthouse Grill offers snacks, light gourmet meals, and drinks. If you are in the mood for Asian food, try The Thai Garden Cafe. You can have a true waterfront dining experiences feasting on Mexican fare at El Torito, Italian cuisine at Sapori, and fresh seafood at the Angler’s Choice.

You can also go on fun fishing trips with family and friends. These are referred to as ‘open party’ public fishing trips, and are offered twice a day, every day, on the docks. If you want to stay on dry land, you can go biking. Bike rentals are available daily, and you can take advantage of the miles of coastal beach trails to bike on.

Special boating events coincide with big celebrations such as Fourth of July, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s, and during the Christmas season. The Festival of Lights, or the annual Marina del Ray Holiday Boat Parade, is held on the second Saturday of December. Boat owners decorate their vessels in festive ways, and are judged by a panel for the most creative ones. And when it’s time for fireworks during New Year’s Eve and the 4th of July, make sure you are viewing them at the promenade, which offers the best vantage point for it (the fireworks are lit from a barge in the main channel).

Marina Island Yacht Club—Tukang Kebun (Flickr.com)

The Yachts

contend in a sea which the land partly encloses
shielding them from the too-heavy blows
of an ungoverned ocean which when it chooses

tortures the biggest hulls, the best man knows
to pit against its beatings, and sinks them pitilessly.
Mothlike in mists, scintillant in the minute

brilliance of cloudless days, with broad bellying sails
they glide to the wind tossing green water
from their sharp prows while over them the crew crawls

ant-like, solicitously grooming them, releasing,
making fast as they turn, lean far over and having
caught the wind again, side by side, head for the mark.

In a well guarded arena of open water surrounded by
lesser and greater crafts which, sycophant, lumbering
and flittering follow them, they appear youthful, rare

as the light of a happy eye, live with the grace
of all that in the mind is fleckless, free and
naturally to be desired. Now the sea whoch holds them

is moody, lapping their glossy sides, as of feeling
for some slightest flaw but fails completely.
Today no race. Then the wind comes again. The yachts

move, jockeying for a start, the signal is set and they
are off. Now the waves strike at them but they are too
well made, the slip through, though they take in canvas.

Arms with hands grasping seek to clutch at the prows
Bodies thrown recklessly in the way are cut aside.
It is a sea of faces about them in agony, in despair

until the horror of the race dawns staggering the mind;
the whole sea become an entanglement of watery bodies
lost to the world bearing what they can not hold. Broken,

beaten, desolate, reaching from the dead to be taken up
they cry out, failing, failing! their cries rising
in waves skill as the skillful yachts pass over.

-William Carlos Williams

Sail Out for God, Eidolon Yacht!

Heave the anchor short!
Raise main-sail and jib–steer forth,
O little white-hull’d sloop, now speed on really deep waters,
(I will not call it our concluding voyage,
But outset and sure entrance to the truest, best, maturest;)
Depart, depart from solid earth–no more returning to these shores,
Now on for aye our infinite free venture wending,
Spurning all yet tried ports, seas, hawsers, densities, gravitation,
Sail out for good, eidolon yacht of me!

-Walt Whitman

A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,

Lingering onward dreamily

In an evening of July —

Children three that nestle near,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Pleased a simple tale to hear —

Long has paled that sunny sky:

Echoes fade and memories die:

Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,

Alice moving under skies

Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream —

Lingering in the golden gleam —

Life, what is it but a dream?

-Lewis Carroll

The blog post A Guide to the Best Los Angeles Yacht Clubs

gives a helpful list of all the locations in LA which offer yacht-related activities and entertainment.

Read them and learn where you will be spending the weekend with your friends, family, or that special date.

The Marina Venice Boat Club offers various yacht and boat events, including racing and cruises aboard California coastline boats. There are competitions with other LA-based yacht clubs, making the events more exciting for participants. It is located in the Marina City Club and offers yacht memberships. We have found that the los angeles web design company to be very forward thinking with regards to the yachting industry and internet in general. Yachts and boating will at some point become an outlet for software and networking in general, this is the internet age.

The Del Ray Yacht Club also offers races and cruises, but its special offering centers more on socialization among its members and guests. There is an existing auxiliary within the club that organizes special events all year long, which even junior members are invited to participate in and enjoy.

Of course, the California Yacht Club makes the list. It has the most diverse membership base, and offers many activities to guests and members. Races, cruising, sailing, rowing, wind surfing, dances, fine dining, barbecues, and other social gatherings all vie for your attention and utmost pleasure.

The Pacific Mariners Boat Club also presents unique activities, but it has the distinction of being one of the few 24-hour yacht clubs whose docks are open to members and guests all day and all night. There are scheduled races and cruises, but those who like being on land more can enjoy social gatherings like parties, hockey games, and dinner-dances instead.

You can also consider going to the South Coast Corinthian Boat Club. It was established in 1932, and calls itself ‘the friendliest and oldest yacht club in Marina del Ray.’ It boasts of a 24-hour clubhouse where dances, parties, meetings, and other gatherings can be held. As well, cruises and races are offered, and luaus add to the fun.

We’ve already established the allure of chartering a yacht for special events. Today, it’s time to turn our attention to the fun things you can do should you find yourself on a yacht (or owning one, which is all kinds of awesome in itself).

Yacht Party in Halifax—drazz (Flickr.com)

Have a party. In this Fashion Bloggers post called What to wear to a yacht party , the author emphasizes the frivolous side of attending a party aboard a yacht. Makeup and dress in keeping with a certain theme are oftentimes associated with big charity fundraisers and other prominent events aboard a yacht, so dressing up is a must (you have to think of giving the paparazzi the best angles!).

However, if it’s more of a casual, family-and-friends or even spring break party on a yacht you are attending, casual is your best bet. A striped shirt, khaki pants or shorts, or anything breezy will do. If there is swimming involved, by all means, wear a wrap over your swimsuit!

Hold a barbecue or a sit-down dinner. Again, depending on the occasion and people invited, you can hold a dinner party aboard a yacht and enjoy your meal al fresco under the blue skies and with a soothing breeze blowing. As mentioned, sit-down dinners or cocktails are usually for big parties and fundraisers. But if it’s just going to be a casual thing, you can cook your own meals! Holding a barbecue on deck can really whet the appetite as you sail or stay docked somewhere, with the waves gently rocking your boat. As they say, there’s nothing like the open sea and air to whet an appetite!

Yacht barbecue, Lunch with Jannie on the Barbecue—Nick J Webb (Flickr.com)

Swim or snorkel in the open sea. A yacht can take you to a calm part of the waters where you can just plunge in to swim, or wear your snorkeling or SCUBA gear to explore its depths. It can serve as a platform for diving, and a small “home” where you can change clothes, have a meal, and relax after an exhilerating swim or dive. Yachts are truly handy vessels which have a lot of uses, and which hold the potential for providing hours of fun.

Today Online reports on how the yacht charter business is expected to grow further this year in Asia, especially in Singapore. Boat Asia 2012 and managing director at TMX Show Productions Mr Herman Ho says,”We are still very much in an infancy stage, so I expect it to grow by 20 to 30 per cent this year.”

Many now choose to celebrate special events on the sea, so yachts have become much sought-after vessels in order to do so. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and even company-sponsored events are now being held more and more on chartered yachts.

Princess yacht, Royal Yacht Britannia—Salicia (Flickr.com)

The boom of the yacht chartering industry in Singapore is highly encouraging, especially as far as tourism is concerned. However, many other tasks need to be done in order to make this blossoming business waterproof and coasting along merrily (pardon the pun) .

For starters, proper berthing facilities and the training of crews to handle these yachts and their passengers are musts. This means looking at existing boating infrastructure to see how they can accommodate yachts, and maybe integrating yacht stewardship training in schools of hospitality and hotel management.

Yacht dinner, dinner—Tom Purves (Flickr.com) There are many ways to promote this industry, and many target markets for it, as well. Many associate yachts with luxury and romantic adventures on the high seas, but really, it could be a fun family affair, too. Promoting the campaign by way of it being a family activity could just significantly boost yacht charter sales, and give birth to a new and exciting bonding experience on the sea.

What is a boat? What were the basic usage for boats ages ago?

Halls Boat

Many years ago, boats doesn’t look like the one that we see today that they use to travel human beings, animals or things to the other side of the island. They used to have the “Logboats”, or the “Pesse Canoe”. The trunk of the tree was used to build the Canoe, the name of the tree was “Pinus Sylvestris”.

“Boats have served as short-distance transportation since early times. Circumstantial evidence, such as the early settlement of Australia over 40,000 years ago, and findings in Crete dated 130,000 years ago, suggests that boats have been used since ancient times.”
Wikipedia

The boats were used for transportation and trading vessels, but not only that they are also using boats to get catch fishes in the sea. Sometimes they don’t need to use boats to catch some fish but sometimes they do if they want to catch big fishes. The boats play a very important role from many year ago until today.

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Today we use boats of any sizes, well big boats are usually called ships or cargo ships. We use to travel cars, big boxes, dresses and many more. I wonder if they can travel a house as well. That’s going to be super fun.

Well for whatever reason they use the boat for, I love being in one. It’s really fun to travel by sea, though it takes more time than flying from one country to another, but its worth every second. You just have to sit back, relax and enjoy the view.

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