We've found that Ice is everywhere if you
cruise the EastCoast US and Chesapeake, and stay at
marinas. Otherwise, Ice becomes less available, and like... $10 / small bag, in the
Bahamas and such. Then, on both sides of the
Caribbean, it varies between the same, and just not available.
Installing a small ENERGY EFFICIENT
refrigerator, with a vacuum panel insulated, 2 cu ft box, was
money well spent! It has worked flawlessly for 13 years now, using about 25 Ah/day, (Powered 100% with solar).
We did actually use ice for 4 years, and our cooler sweated and made a
condensation mess all the time. It also cost us as much for ice, as the refrigerator did later.
M.