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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/14/2008 : 23:34:52

Bruce,
You'll really like a five day cooler, we have two, both Colemans, both for roughly the same price as the Igloo. I think the wheels will make a big difference, our bigger Coleman has them, but doesn't fit as well in the boat, the smaller one doesn't, and fits like a charm. What are you going to do? We bought a fold up hand truck to move all our crap from the truck to the dock, plus our marina has dock carts we can use.

As far as the 5-day coolers go, we had our power go out last winter for a week, we put all our frozen stuff into the larger one, and all our fridge stuff into the smaller, both still had the original ice in them at the end of the power failure a week later. Of course they were both out on the front porch where it was pretty near freezing the entire time, but I was still impressed.

The first secret to keeping stuff cold in your coolers is to not have the ice being used up to cool things down, rather, already have your stuff as cold as possible before you put it in the cooler. That way your ice isn't bringing your stuff down to temperature, it's already there, so it's just maintaining it, which is much easier on your ice consumption.

The second secret is to cool from the top. Cold flows downhill, so you want your ice in the top of the cooler, not on the bottom. Most Igloos used to come with a freezer bottle that was suspended sideways across the top of the cooler. You'd fill it with water to the line indicated & freeze it a couple of days before you left, and it'd keep everything nice & cold for days. Neither of our Colemans came with that, but I still have the bottle from an earlier Igloo that I still use, but the Colemans don't have the notch cut into the top of the cooler to hold it. Igloos also used to come with a tray for keeping your stuff up out of the melt water, sadly neither of our Colemans have that either, and the tray that I have from my old Igloo doesn't fit.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 06/15/2008 : 09:18:33

When I go out for a daysail I'll freeze several bottles of water the night before. With the Maxcold cooler they stay frozen all day so I have to pull one out about 30 minutes before I want to drink but by freezing it helps keep other things in the cooler cold plus as it melts it doesn't fill the bottom of the cooler with water.

When going out for longer periods you could also buy small packages of dry ice from a local supplier. I can get dry ice at our local grocery store. I would think it would stay cold for longer periods of time than plain ice in a Max Cold type cooler. Just don't touch the dry ice, tt will burn your skin instantly!

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crispi
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Response Posted - 06/17/2008 : 12:51:39

Bruce,

Sounds like a fun trip and a good plan. I wanted to mention another good stopping point, the East River in Guilford, CT. There are a few restaurants there and plenty of space to anchor.

Bob

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 06/17/2008 : 14:39:30

The Thimble Islands off of Branford, CT are very picturesque! The Stony Creek Market across from the town beach in the small harbor of Stony Creek, CT makes fantastic sandwiches! I used to work down the road a few miles.

Sailing in [url="http://www.boatingguidetoamerica.com/index.cfm?task=display&doc=Boating_Guide_to_America:State_CT:Place_The_Thimble_Islands"]The Thimble Islands[/url] requires a good depth sounder with all the rocks you'd ever want.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 06/17/2008 : 15:39:12

Bruce,

Now that I noticed you live near Stratford, I realize you must know all about the intesting spots along the CT coast.

So what's up the Connecticut River? You're going to storm the Gillette Castle and conquer new lands?

Or what? I've driven along the CT River, but never sailed. Where will you end up?

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/17/2008 : 23:37:39

Thanks to all on the cooler advice, I got the Igloo, and right now I am freezing two cake pans full of water for my trip beginning on Thursday morning. These will be little icebergs, not cubes. Ought to be fantastic.

Crispi - the East River is really nice, I've kayaked a lot in this area and used to sail my daysailer out here. I took a pretty long sail up to Hamonnasett State Beach and Clinton Harbor one day.

A few years back a neighbor and his wife invited my wife and I up to sail on their 35 Tartan into the Thimble Islands. His depth sounder was going off left and right, and so we kept one eye on the chart and the other on the rocks.

For the upcoming trip, on day 1, I plan on sailing 35 nms and staying in Westbrook, where I hear the marina has a shuttle bus to the local grocery and restaurants. This'll be very convenient.

On day two, I plan to stop in Essex CT about six miles up the Connecticut River. It'll be a 15 nm sail from Westbrook to Essex, but it will be the most interesting part. There'll also be a load of power and sail traffic. I hope to have time to explore the Hamburg Cove.

Winds look to be moderate 8-10 kts with 12 kt gusts out of the SW both days, so I'll be on a slow-ish broad reach most of the way until I get into the river, then I'll be on a beam reach. They're also forecasting a few occasional showers, so I've got my raincoat at the ready.

I'll be single handing part of the time and will have some company at others.

I'll put the photo gallery on Flickr next week.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/18/2008 : 08:05:29

Sounds like an exciting trip, have fun, Cheers!

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