After an extended voyage, I have previously experienced the opposite of “sea legs” when stepping foot on land again … a sense of unbalance … land feels like a swaying boat and the boat feels stationary. However, I have never experienced the sensation for such a prolonged period and with such intensity as I have since arriving at Hiva Oa. There is a medical term for this, mal de debarquement syndrome (MdDS). I can only speculate that it was not only the period of time I spent at sea but the fact that the seas were particularly rough during most of the passage that have contributed to the intensity of the MdDS I am experiencing.
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