How Long Do You Provision For?

[PuttingDoctor]

I added a 62 qt. Wynter freezer to the Irwin before my 2 month singlehanded sail around the Abacos. It saved me considerable cash and I even came home with some of the rib eyes still in the freezer.

I plan to stock up on toiletries for my next voyage and will once again fill my freezer with the meats of my choice. Perishables leave you no choice but local supply.

I also generally stock up on cereal and sterile milk so that I always have my breakfast covered. Oh, and lots of coffee and a more than modest stock of bourbon.

[LongGone]

Originally Posted by SailsWithFists

We keep one year of non-perishable food aboard, 6-months of paper goods, and 6-12 months of non-food/paper consumables, no matter whether we are tied to the dock, cruising, or land locked. We only add more to this based on our plans.

@SailsWithFists — not being rude, just curious as your method seems to run against the prevailing attitude, but — why? Do you cruise somewhere non-perishables are hard to find or so much more expensive than your home port?

[dwedeking2]

Originally Posted by LongGone

@SailsWithFists — not being rude, just curious as your method seems to run against the prevailing attitude, but — why? Do you cruise somewhere non-perishables are hard to find or so much more expensive than your home port?

Not to answer for sailswithfists but I had depression era grandparents around when growing up. I keep 2-3 months of water and 6 months long storage food items (rice,beans,flour) at all times. "Just in case". I don't use much paper goods so keep a year of tooth paste, soap, trash bags etc. After you buy the first round you just replenish as you use it / its on special.

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

What is HP sauce?

Send me your address and I will post a bottle. Great on sausages or bacon.

You have Worcester sauce too?

Pete

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Send me your address and I will post a bottle. Great on sausages or bacon.

You have Worcester sauce too?

Pete

Send him the "BOLD" version, even tastier.

[Olly75]

The quickest way to ruin a bacon sandwich is to add HP sauce!

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Send me your address and I will post a bottle. Great on sausages or bacon.

You have Worcester sauce too?

Pete

Popular and available in Canada. I think it stood for Houses of Parliament. R

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by Olly75

The quickest way to ruin a bacon sandwich is to add HP sauce!

Heresy !

[poiu]

Originally Posted by Olly75

The quickest way to ruin a bacon sandwich is to add HP sauce!

Daddies is even nastier. Fine dining - not.

[Comix Bay]

Originally Posted by Olly75

The quickest way to ruin a bacon sandwich is to add HP sauce!

Who would put “Horse P—-“ on a good “Bacon”, it sickens me to see people put “Ketchup” on also.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by Scott Berg

For me half the fun of cruising is 'going native' so we plan to eat locally wherever we are. Passage provisions are for 150% of the scheduled passage. We also carry about 2 months of emergency rations (rice, beans, canned goods, etc) in addition to planned local provisions and more wine than most <grin>

My perspective too. People eat all over the planet. Meeting locals and trying local food is part of the fun. We also prefer to eat fresh: local produce, fresh caught sea food, etc. Real food only, not processed foods. We do vaccum bag and stow a few basics (including lots of good coffee, which is often hard to find). Normally only provision short term unless planning for a longer time in a remote location or longer crossing.

[theway]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

If you get as far as Tahiti I don't think there is anything you can't get there....

A good granola bars is pretty hard to find in Tahiti. The french have a slightly different idea of a granola bar than most other places I’ve been. Bland taste and/or usually crumbles while opening.

So a bought almost 500 in American Samoa...



Pretty nice selection in Australia.

[chuckr]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

For you perhaps, not for us.

We have spent a good many winters/hurricane seasons sitting someplace and one of the great things is trying to find food - red and white butchers, fresh veggies, canned stuff, cereal, snacks, - in Tunisia we ended up with folks we knew and they knew us and it was great as we got good cuts of meat and really fresh veggies, in Kusadasi we found a pork store but it was limited at times but we found both a red and white butchers that got to know us and at the fresh market we had our favorite vendors who seemed to have the veggies we wanted and at times reached in the back and got us something not on display
in Marmaris this winter I went on a long exploratory walk and found an incredible pork store so we are have ribs, bacon, ham, pork chops ect along with cranberry sauce, great cheese we can not find at the cheese stores, and a lot of other stuff and across the street is a small Carrefour
Exploring is the way you find the unexpected food sources

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by seasick

Much good advice here. We sailed beside a Canadian couple who had a fifty gallon, built in rum tank. Not a bad idea except theirs was fiberglass and we could barely choke down the FRP tainted contents. I doubt they declared this when entering a new country.

We discussed it a few years ago: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ge-137248.html

It's tempting considering the huge variation in the cost of booze in different countries.

Unlikely to be legal, though.

[carstenb]

we've been on the water for 2 years now....................

The caribbean is ungodly expensive almost no matter what you buy, so we tend to stock up. on almost everything. In remote areas, you'll be likely not find many things you'd like to have.

We carry lots of cheese, butter, yeast, flour, beans, canned jalepenos (make almost anything taste better) UHT milk and cream, tortillas, spaghetti, lots of tomato sauce in cans.

Toilet paper and other paper goods we also carry more than we probably need. My wife has a shampoo she like - I think we have a years supply...............

When passage making we carry enough food for 2 x the expected length of the passage