Drinks?

[Sandero]

we use glass...Corelle plates and so on... never had a breakage problem except a few cheap glasses... don't store them stacked. No plastic on the boat...

[steamgoat]

I also crossed the pond with 6 cut glass tumblers, evening cocktails taste much better with the clink of ice on crystal. And rbk, Thermos make a stainless press.

[JPA Cate]

Redhead,

The boat is going to be your home. Stemless wine glasses get knocked over less often than ones with stems. Corelle works very well on boats, but I have most of the pottery intact that we started with 30+ yrs. ago, too. It is how you store things that avoids breakage. They need to be snug, so they can't start moving. (For instance, the stemmed ware that I still have, are in clean socks, and have their own niches in the wine glass cabinet.)

Our flatware is some s/s that Jim's Mom gave us. If I had it to do over, I'd have bought some new, or taken with me from home all the good stuff that would fit. Your boat is an expression of yourself, and I'd say let your heart guide you, and if you like glass or crystal, figure out how to bring it. The Lexan and acrylic stemware looks okay in the beginning, but soon acquires a hazy, scratched look.

If you love having people over, bring all the tiddly little things that make that fun for you, the cheese knifes, the whatever it is for you that makes you happy with entertaining. Your boat has more room than a 30 footer.

Ann

[Delancey]

I highly recommend the Linkyo Stainless Steel French Press. A beautiful piece of metalwork. Double walled, comes with a spare stainless screen, really nice. Cheap too! Can be had for as little as twenty bucks on glamazon.

Regarding glassware, we have some tumblers made from tempered glass intended for restaurant/bar use. Finally broke one down below a month ago. Boy was I glad they're tempered. Much prefer picking up little cubes of glass instead of a million sharp splinters.

Tumbler fell off the galley counter while we were both on deck in bare feet with our flip flops and shoes down below. Good thing the broom is close at hand near the companionway.

[CaptsWife]

Originally Posted by Delancey

I highly recommend the Linkyo Stainless Steel French Press. A beautiful piece of metalwork. Double walled, comes with a spare stainless screen, really nice. Cheap too! Can be had for as little as twenty bucks on glamazon.

Regarding glassware, we have some tumblers made from tempered glass intended for restaurant/bar use. Finally broke one down below a month ago. Boy was I glad they're tempered. Much prefer picking up little cubes of glass instead of a million sharp splinters.

Tumbler fell off the galley counter while we were both on deck in bare feet with our flip flops and shoes down below. Good thing the broom is close at hand near the companionway.

+1 for the Linkyo SS press. We have the large one and we love it! Easy to clean, too.

[ranger58sb]

Originally Posted by redhead

We've been pretty happy with Corelle. One shattered since 2014 and I can live with that. A bead of silicone around the bottom prevents slip sliding away.

We've been happy with our Corelle, too. Our set a dolphin pattern... and we've augmented the basics with a few larger plain white Corelle serving bowls. Going on 18 years old, nothing broken yet.

Haven't bothered to treat each individual plate, etc. When necessary, we just trot out some placemats made of non-skid rubber stuff.

-Chris

[MarkJ]

9 years, 3 months ago I bought 6 cheap supermarket glasses. 1 survivez. So I break about one every 2 years.

None of my wine glasses, mainly long stemmed have broken.

So I kinda don't know what the fuss is all about.

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[John_Trusty]

Originally Posted by rbk

The only item I have t been able to replace yet is finding a all SS coffee press, if anyone knows where to get one, preferably a large one

Based on recommendations from this forum, I bought a Thermos Vacuum Insulated Coffee Press, 34 oz (NCI1000SS4) $32 US. I'm very happy with the durability and coffee making ability. As an added bonus, It's got a rubber bottom that handles a slight heel without scooting!

[Papillongirlie]

We have a Thermos 34-oz vacuum insulated press that is stainless with plastic and it has worked like a champ for four years. Nothing to break and it keeps coffee hot. It looks like like they are discontinued, but still available on Amazon.

[Auspicious]

We use glass and crystal. One breakage in 11 years.

[rbk]

Originally Posted by Delancey

I highly recommend the Linkyo Stainless Steel French Press. A beautiful piece of metalwork. Double walled, comes with a spare stainless screen, really nice. Cheap too! Can be had for as little as twenty bucks on glamazon.

Regarding glassware, we have some tumblers made from tempered glass intended for restaurant/bar use. Finally broke one down below a month ago. Boy was I glad they're tempered. Much prefer picking up little cubes of glass instead of a million sharp splinters.

Tumbler fell off the galley counter while we were both on deck in bare feet with our flip flops and shoes down below. Good thing the broom is close at hand near the companionway.

Looks great! I'll have to take a closer look at this and the thermos one mentioned. Thanks everyone