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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | cube ice or block? Posted By: Ray Frechette Date: 6/29/09 5:00p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: Ice (pic) (Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX) Block lasts considerably longer than cubes. Draining melt water adds considerably to days ice will last as well. A block of ice will last longer in a 200 degree oven than in a tub of cool water. I use an Igloo Maxcool cooler rated to keep food cold 5 days in 90 degree heat. Basically it has more insulation that other lesser coolers. So much determines how long a cooler keeps ice. How full the cooler is, whattemps foods were at when placed in, ambient air temps, Solar gain or not, how often you enter the cooler... With our maxcool cooler we can last 5 days without any bought ice. We typically cook foods we will eat at home and freeze it in day portions. W4e also freeze drinks in qt containers to include water and gatorade. Maxcool Cooler is generally packed full of frozen food. Each night before bed, we pull out days rations for next and place it in our daily duty cooler that has stuff we want to keep cool but is not frozen. By lunch the foods are generally sort of thawed out and the water and drinks are starting to thaw. Sometimes we have the prior days drinks ready to go while the new days are still providing cool... All in all it works well for us, and the frozen cooler still has frozen stuff in it 4-5 ays later when we go home.

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Thinking about food and sailing! LONG -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/28/09 4:19p.m.

I am reminded of mathematics... -- Charley P-14 #729 "Sea Bug" -- 6/28/09 7:06p.m.

Charley, you missed out on one of life's greatest JOYS...NOT!! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 5:17a.m.

Food on a small boat -- John Stevens Precision-23 -- 6/28/09 7:36p.m.

Thank you John! That's what I'm looking for!! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 5:15a.m.

another food you can freeze is.... -- John Madill WWP15 Mackinac Dreamer -- 6/29/09 6:24p.m.

One potters.....not to make a pun. -- Westcoaster - O'day 19, Oregon -- 6/28/09 9:26p.m.

oops, wrong pic for ramp. Here's the real pic of the ramp. -- Westcoaster - O'day 19, Oregon -- 6/28/09 9:35p.m.

Thanks Westcoaster. Good information! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 5:20a.m.

TX 200 food -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/29/09 8:50a.m.

Chuck, thank you so much! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 10:12a.m.

Ice -- Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX -- 6/29/09 3:30p.m.

 cube ice or block?  -- Ray Frechette -- 6/29/09 5:00p.m.

we used block ice... cooler probably wasn't full enough in my case -- Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX -- 6/29/09 5:42p.m.

Ice -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/29/09 6:21p.m.

Oh, forgot, pump out water from the bag ice into the shower bag- -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/29/09 6:25p.m.

I got rid of my solar shower bags at Magnolia beach -- Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX -- 6/30/09 9:32a.m.

solar shower -- Dan Phy P15 #1051 Ol' Geezer , M17 #653 "SIX" -- 6/30/09 11:25a.m.

Yeah, that Duckworks deal is on my list too. -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/30/09 5:12p.m.

We used ours last year up north, works GREAT -- Tim"Morning Dove" P19 #457 -- 6/30/09 5:59p.m.

The steps -- Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX -- 6/30/09 9:28a.m.

Plan on building some sort of base for it- -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/30/09 5:14p.m.

The broken stove -- Eric, WWP-19 and Zuma, Austin, TX -- 6/29/09 3:38p.m.

Solar Shower -- Eric hughes WWP15 # 2475 mechanicsburg Pa -- 6/30/09 7:53a.m.

Eric, thank you! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/30/09 12:58p.m.

But is the solar showqer made of food grade plastic? -- Ray Frechette -- 6/30/09 1:09p.m.

Just thinking Ray -- Eric Hughes WWP 15 Moonbeam # 2475 Mechanicsburg Pa -- 6/30/09 6:31p.m.

A solar oven can be cobbled together easily enough, -- Ray Frechette -- 7/1/09 5:55p.m.

Thanks Eric, for the information. -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/29/09 4:15p.m.

Anyone else eat food?? -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/30/09 7:15a.m.

Potter Pasta -- Jerry Barrilleaux -- 6/30/09 7:37a.m.

Jerry, sounds good! Thanks... -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/30/09 12:59p.m.

It is entirely possible to pack food that needs no refrigeration. -- Ray Frechette -- 6/30/09 1:23p.m.

Thanks Ray...I do like cake! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 6/30/09 1:31p.m.

"Pocket Cooking" -- Jerry kergan (P-15 "Lazy Ka" Concord/San Francisco Bay) -- 6/30/09 5:16p.m.

Unrefrigerated food is one thing-Unrefrigerated BEER is another! -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 6/30/09 5:19p.m.

No worries, a co2 fire extinguisher can cool down beer right quick. -- Ray Frechette -- 7/1/09 5:57p.m.

Just make sure you don't use it in the cabin... -- Chuck Pierce P19 #1408 Aldebaran SE Tx -- 7/1/09 7:45p.m.

Wings man..Wings.. -- Jack, h23.5 Second Sojourn, Clermont, Fl -- 6/30/09 1:39p.m.

Just got back from a 5 day trip -- David W, P19, #453, SC -- 7/3/09 4:35p.m.

That water... -- John, WWP-19, Ga. -- 7/3/09 5:04p.m.

Thanks David. I wanta go with you on the next trip! -- Bill Nolen, WWPotter Owners Home Port -- 7/4/09 12:37p.m.

Anytime -- David W, P19, #453, SC -- 7/5/09 9:23a.m.