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17-04-2011, 07:33
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Boating writer, book author
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Night Watch
What's your favorite pocket fuel when standing night watch? I like (1) a thermos of hot water so I can make coffee, tea, instant grits or whatever I feel like at the time. Ginger tea is good when I'm feeling queasy. (2) in cold weather, a hot, hardboiled egg in each pocket of my slicker. They're handwarmers and, after they cool, a meal. (3) bite size whole wheat cereal, perhaps with some nuts. It's sugar and salt free, nutritious and rich in fiber. We call it "brillo pads". I'm a morning person so I can be asleep by 8 p.m., up at midnight and good until first light.
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Janet Groene
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17-04-2011, 08:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Poland
Boat: s/y Danfira - POL10056
Posts: 2
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Re: night Watch
A good female companion. Conversation (I say about 2 sentences every 30mins ;-) ) keeps me up the whole night ;-)))
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17-04-2011, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clear Lake Marine Services - Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Gulfstar, Mark II Ketch, 43'
Posts: 2,359
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Re: night Watch
1/2 gallon Thermos of coffee
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Everyday is a good day for SAILING!!!!
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17-04-2011, 12:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Clew Bay, Ireland
Boat: Bowman 57 -- Aleria
Posts: 79
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Re: night Watch
Cup of soup and granola bars.
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17-04-2011, 12:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Halifax, N.S Canada
Boat: Tanzer 26, Walk22
Posts: 930
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Re: night Watch
Nicotine and Red Bull. Almonds to snack on.
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17-04-2011, 13:00
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: night Watch
Dinty Moore Beef Stew
the further offshore, the better it tastes.
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17-04-2011, 13:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Chesapeake Bay
Boat: HR 40
Posts: 3,651
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Re: night Watch
Well in my pockets I keep the Zippo butane-fired catalytic heaters.
I do like hard-cooked eggs for snacks - getting the darn shells off is good for quite a bit of time.
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AuspiciousWorks
Beware cut and paste sailors
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17-04-2011, 13:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 741
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Re: Night Watch
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17-04-2011, 18:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Bern, NC (Fairfield Harbour)
Boat: 1994 Prout Manta Catamaran
Posts: 248
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Re: Night Watch
Since we usually leave in November to head south, I buy Halloween candy the day after Halloween. These small pieces become my night watch treats. Perfect size!
Entlie
Sailing Catamaran Sunspot Baby
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but carries my heart as a stowaway."
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17-04-2011, 20:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bourbonnais, Illinois
Boat: McGregor venture 15 "IMP"
Posts: 506
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Re: Night Watch
I have sun flower seeds, or Peanut M&M's to suck on.
Spencer
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17-04-2011, 20:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Northern British Columbia, part of the time in Prince Rupert and part of the time on Moresby Island.
Boat: 50-ft steel Ketch
Posts: 1,884
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Re: Night Watch
pilot bread, cheese, and a thermos of coffee. A few lemon drops to suck on are nice too.
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'Tis evening on the moorland free,The starlit wave is still: Home is the sailor from the sea, The hunter from the hill.
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18-04-2011, 19:12
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 15,136
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Re: Night Watch
Snickers bars and Jolly Ranchers (hard candy) will fuel me for many hours. Much as I love coffee, I can't make it, pour it, and drink it with just one hand, and anything that requires two hands means too few hands left to be on watch.
Never met a bag of Snickers bars that survived over 8 hours after being discovered on a boat though.<G>
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18-04-2011, 19:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southport CT
Boat: Sabre 402
Posts: 2,715
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Re: Night Watch
While candy bars, coffee, tea, soup, and cookies all have merits, when we went transatlantic the cook always left bread, peanut butter, and jelly out in the galley - just in case.
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18-04-2011, 19:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Boat: Prior boats: Transpac 49; DeFever 54
Posts: 2,874
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Re: Night Watch
Red bull, peanuts and Eagles tunes to sing your heart out to the moon... Capt Phil
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