Many birders on the Maine pelagic trip were wearing small patches behind 
their ears, which many swore were proof-positive against mal de mer.   One man 
told me the medication in the older versions of these patches tends to counteract 
inhibitions, which might have been the explanation for one photographer who 
started the trip staid and even shy and ended up jumping about on deck, 
bellowing up at the cabin "Cap'n! You the MAN!" 

Maeve Kim
Jericho Center