Sounds OK to me given you washed it as well. You will improve at closing it up with experience. That sensation of rockin' and rollin' is common, takes a few hours to go away. This summer we have been anchoring were we can walk for exercise and when we first start walking we look like a pair of drunks weaving down the road. Have managed to avoid being hit by cars or bikes so far though.

We noticed after our first charter for a week in the BVI. We laid down on the bed in the hotel that night and watched the ceiling fan spin. It was turned off and no or little alcohol was involved. :)

The feeling was gone by the next morning. I don't notice it on shorter trips in our own boat.

Shower is always the worst place for 'motion' after sailing, or other small spaces where the visual references are at a close distance.

I only get it slightly after being on the boat for more than a day, or more often after sleeping on the boat. But I have been on sailboats pretty much since birth and I think there must be a certain amount of tolerance that the body develops.

We get the boat put away, including dropping the furling jib and folding it, in under half an hour but we don't wash it after use very often, more often I'll go down early and wash it on the day I'm going to use it.

5 hours is a pretty long daysail! I'd typically travel 5 hours to get somewhere but if I'm just thrashing around the bay I'd be more likely to go maybe 1-2 hours before I get bored.

Blair,

Yep, I noted this after helping crew a freinds boat back from southern California to San Francisco. We stopped at Sam's in Tiburon, a water front bar and resturaunt. Standing in the head after a few beers I thought it was cool that the place was a floating resteraunt. I stepped out the front door onto a cement sidewalk to find it moved just like the Sam's. Being quick I figured out what was going on. The longer you are on the boat, the longer it takes for your inner ear to readjust.

As for your coming up to speed learning your boat and sailing in general, you may consider networking with some of our other SoCal bretheren, If you had a disire I bet there are some in your area that would be happy to go out with you, show you some tricks of the boat and systems.

You may need to supply the Corona's.
Steve

For me, it depends on how choppy it's been and how many days I'm on board. I'm on the Chesapeake, so cruises are day sails. But I've had some unsteadiness the day after; shower does seem to be the worst.

A friend of my wife just returned from a weeks cruise (not the Costa Concordia). She was fine on the cruise, but was sick for several days upon returning. Kinda the reverse of what I'd expect.

Blair.... related to washing down the boat, make sure you flush out your jib furling bearings. There should be a flush hole when you have the outhaul line most of the way out. I've talked to a number of people with this and they don't know about it because you have to get on your knees to see the hole. If you don't flush it, your bearings will eventually bind up, or at least soomner than if you do flush them. Same with the main furler. Since you seem to wash your boat frequently, might as well take advantage of the fresh water and keep them clean