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bear
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Initially Posted - 06/14/2009 : 14:25:18

Just curious what non-alcoholic drinks are consumed in hot/sunny weather whils sailing. Consideration must be given to sugar and calorie intake. I'm a diabetic so have to be careful

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 : 14:40:13

Water is our major beverage on board.

If we want something that tastes sweet we drink caffeine-free diet Pepsi but mostly we drink water.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 : 16:04:24

We too mostly drink water, I always seem to get dehydrated no matter how much water I drink. We also keep some Gatorade on hand to help with the dehydration. There's always juice on board, and we both like Squirt & Canada Dry Ginger Ale (which is good to have around for folks who are feeling sea sick). I also keep a few Cokes & some Barg's Rootbeer on hand, I usually use the Cokes for mixers, and Rita likes rootbeer. Even with all that variety, we still mostly drink water, we keep a couple of bottles in the cockpit so it's easy to take a drink. From what I understand, if you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 : 16:12:19

Crystal Light Iced Tea, Peach flavor. No sugar! One canister contains 6 tubs, each tub will make 2 qts.
All you need onboard is a 2 qt. container and a supply of water, and some ice would help. Outstanding beverage for hot weather! After being out in the summer heat, I could easily drink 2-3 glasses of the stuff.
Plain water and canned soft drinks are also good.

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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 : 19:31:41

Water. (Beer for the return trip up the river to the dock.)

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 : 20:11:07

Arnold Palmers! We keep a jug or two of Arizona low sugar lemonade and iced tea (cut 50% with water) that makes a refreshing drink.

We also use the empties as jugs for water (sometimes with ice, sometimes not), which is my fave.

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Response Posted - 06/15/2009 : 07:20:13

Lemonade.

We buy in cans, so its sugary, but you can make your own and lemons travel well.

Also you can mix it with a variety of boozes if the need arises.

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Response Posted - 06/15/2009 : 07:32:16

After a morning espresso with my stove top coffee pot,

and a glass of juice (juice is frozen on land to keep the food cold, see "cooler" thread) then I start with water.
I keep a bottle of lemon juice with splendora (also frozen) to mix with the water when I get bored with plain water.
I have been experimenting with ginger syrup. Take real ginger and cut into slices, put in water with splendora, bring it to a boil without a lid, lower to simmer and cook for ten minutes, shut the heat off and replace the lid and let steep.
After it's cooled, mixed with plain soda it makes a spicy old fashioned ginger ale,

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Response Posted - 06/15/2009 : 07:59:12

Water, Coke Zero, diet Vernor's and Canada Dry gingerales, rootbeer, and juices are always on board, but I love the Crystal Lite single servings - a box of little packages that each flavor one bottle of water. An electrolyte drink (my son is an FSU Seminole grad and prefers something other than a UF Gatorade) is good when the weather heats up

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glen
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Response Posted - 06/15/2009 : 09:15:53

First off I have to mention that Adventure is set up for cruising, so we have shore power. We also have 12 volt cigarette lighter plugs that we can plug an inverter in to. With 110 Volt AC both at dock and underway, we can use our Magic Bullet blender (love that machine). What we do is fill it up with ice, and add about 1 to 2 ounces of fruit juice. The box type like “High C” work well and will make about 3 to 4 servings. I believe you can find this type of a drink, in a form safe for diabetic use ??????? On occasion we may accidently add some rum. We have named this drink an Icy High C.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 06/16/2009 : 10:37:20

Diet Fresca, diet Squirt, or water. When cruising, wine after a long day on the water and in a berth or anchored.

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Response Posted - 06/16/2009 : 11:05:20

I love hot chocolate on cold days. I bring it up from below in a thermos, and I'm SUCH a hero! But that wasn't the question. For summer, I like Gatorade and Ginger Ale for my son. Ginger Ale and saltines settle his stomach.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 06/16/2009 : 20:29:24

Coffee....water....carrot juice....NA beer. (Buckler).

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ilnadi
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Response Posted - 06/19/2009 : 14:02:18

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg
 We too mostly drink water, I always seem to get dehydrated no matter how much water I drink. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Keep in mind if you drink gallon of water and sweat a gallon, you are losing a whole bunch of other stuff (I have done that biking but never sailing). At that kind of depletion you need to replace electrolytes, etc. BTW, all I ever drink is water on the boat, at least when not docked.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 06/19/2009 : 15:04:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ilnadi
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg
 We too mostly drink water, I always seem to get dehydrated no matter how much water I drink. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Keep in mind if you drink gallon of water and sweat a gallon, you are losing a whole bunch of other stuff (I have done that biking but never sailing). At that kind of depletion you need to replace electrolytes, etc. BTW, all I ever drink is water on the boat, at least when not docked.
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...And the gatorade folks will tell you sport drinks are the only way to replace them.

Thats because the people at Gatorade have never heard of Bananas, Peaches, or other fruit.

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Peregrine
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Response Posted - 06/19/2009 : 21:16:14

Homemade Gatorade Recipe

1/2 cup orange juice — $0.15
9 tbs. Sugar — $0.03
3/8 tsp Salt - negligible
2 liters (approx) water - negligible

Total: $0.18

Using boiling or hot water can make things go faster, but you’ll need to chill it down somehow before fridging it.

*Yes you need the sugar!

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