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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/09/2009 : 10:24:43

coolers:
ext.= 11in wide x 11in high x 9.5 deep

I cover the exterior with packing tape.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 06/09/2009 : 10:37:29

Don,

It is cold. In fact here we are in the secnd week of June and the lake temp has not gotten over 40 degrees yet.

If you're ever up this way from Taylor, let me know and we can hook up for a sail. I lured John Vining up here one summer and we had a blast sailing our boats around the Keweenaw Peninsula for four days. some of the best scenery and sailing you'll see anywhere.

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Patrice C25
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Response Posted - 06/10/2009 : 05:47:51

Hi,
I do have the original Origo 2 burner amd a BBQ on the back rail.
We don't use them while sailling, but after a nice day of sailling at ancor.
We usually go out for w-e, leaving friday to come back late sunday.

There's noting like enjoying a nice meal, with a glass of wine, okey, maybe more than one.

But like everyone else, still have cooler issue...

Edited by - Patrice C25 on 06/10/2009 05:49:26

hhrock
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Response Posted - 06/10/2009 : 13:49:45

I too have been trying to figure out how to keep my food from getting soggy in water at the bottom of the cooler.

I don't know how well it will work, but I am planning to make "shelves" of Phifertex material (the stuff that is used in sheet bags to allow them to drain) by sewing some binding around the edges and installing stainless snaps to hold them in place. Also planning to add additional insulation to the outside of the box. I use a combination of frozen ice blocks (made at home with a heat sealing machine) plus ice cubes, as well as an additional "blanket" made of bubble wrap covered in a foil emergency blanket and sealed with duct tape. I found a cork the right size at a craft store to seal the hole when I want to keep it dry (wine corks are too big).

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/10/2009 : 21:17:56

Here's my technique for using ice in a cooler and making sure things stay cold and more or less dry: zip lock (or equivalent) plastic bags for the ice.

Now cold likes to go downward, it won't go upward. Cold air sinks and warm air rises. So the natural place to put ice is ON TOP of the stuff that you want to stay cold. Works great for beer.

As a demo, fill the cooler with beer bottles, then pour ice on top. Guaranteed to have a cold beer, and of course wet bottles.

So just how do you put the ice on top and keep the eggs, cheese, milk, hamburger meat, sandwiches, vegetables and fruit dry? Put the ice in quart size or gallon size zip lock bags, or even two bags (one bag zipped inside of another) to keep the water from running out and ruining everything.

I keep a bunch around for this purpose. So if you buy a 3 lb bag of ice, you can probably fit most of it into two gallon zip locks.

Of course, from time to time the bags will pop open or leak, so the second, outer ziplock bag should do the trick. You can reuse the bags next time you go, or even refreeze the water inside the bag.

Just remember to get an over sized cooler and save space on top for the bagged ice. You should be able to keep your food cold for at least a few days in a 5 day, or 3.5 day cooler.

You could also do this in the "ice melter", but the poor insulation won't keep things cool for long. I bought an Igloo cooler for long trips. The ice melter is good for a trip of a few hours.

Edited by - Voyager on 06/10/2009 21:19:58

piseas
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Response Posted - 06/11/2009 : 13:20:30

Like most have said, different strokes for different folks. Its all how you intend to use your boat. If I only did day sailing on a lake, I don't see needing any cooking equipment. However I do all ocean sailing. Several times a year I sail to Catalina and spend a week there, so I do have rail mounted BBQ. I see nothing wrong with that. Eating at the restaurants for every meal would cost me a fortune.
I don't however quite understand those who have TVs-flat screens much less, DVDs, etc. Those are comforts I like to get away from while sailing/cruising. I am sure those who have them do so for good reasons, IE the Admiral. To me, those items are not in the same category as a BBQ. To each his or her own. No value judging here. Just let me enjoy my BBQ-ed dinner. Yum, Yum.

Steve A

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psechrist
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Response Posted - 06/12/2009 : 14:11:33

To keep the cool air circulating in the ice box put a small fan in the bottom, like this one.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/fridge-airator/21016
Pat

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skrenz
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Response Posted - 06/12/2009 : 15:17:29

Cold does not only come in ice. We use the reusable freeze packs that are filled with a gelatin or the ones that come in the mail with drugs. Some of these are in the form of plastic containers and some are in flexible plastic coverings. Either way, they are reusable and you can pack them in and around the stuff to keep cold. Throw them in your freezer during the week and put them in the boat when you go out.
The only advantage to ice in a bag is that you can cool your drinks with it. And in that case it should be quite simple, bag of ice on the bottom, fridge drain open, stuff on top. It's true that cooling is most efficient with the ice on top but given the small space of the Cat fridge, you can be sure it is all going to get cold.

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