“Seas were rough. I believe all the landlubbers aboard were sick.”
Let he who puketh not cast the first insult.
LOL! From reading MacArthur's own account, the long journey across high seas was a particularly unpleasant experience.
I can understand because in Louisiana and Rhode Island I've been offshore many times, sometimes in rough seas. I always use Dramamine. I almost always am fine but sometimes, I feel queasy. No idea why.
One time, I was out in a small craft in ~3-4 ft seas with Dramamine but still felt absolutely miserable, laying down on the centerline of the boat and on the brink of vomiting for several hours while everyone else caught fish. I've never been so glad of anything as when we finally got back to the dock and I set foot on terra firma.