Anyone got a provisioning Spreadsheet for the ARC????

[tudorsailor]

I have been reading Yachting Monthly and see that Kurt Lillywhite has built a spreadsheet into which he enters number of people and days at sea, and out comes a shopping list for food and other items such as toilet rolls. Seems ideal. I wonder if any Excel experts have built anything similar that I might acquire?

TudorSailor

 

[sarabande]

in the spirit of the confraternity of sailing, would it be worth emailing KL himself ? Or if he is on Facebook, Twitter ?

EDIT

Or via World Cruising Club ?

 

[tudorsailor]

I have sent an email to YM to see if they will pass it on. Googling him did not produce much

TS

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

I have sent an email to YM to see if they will pass it on. Googling him did not produce much

TS

I have sent him a message with a link to this thread... I hope he'll be able to help you!

Pete

 

[capnsensible]

Dont sweat it.

Its easy without some spreadsheet. Better off going to local shops and seeing what they actually got and letting commonsense rule.

Have a good trip!

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

More is better. On the other hand a square inch of paper is enough for the bog.

 

[tudorsailor]

Dont sweat it.

Its easy without some spreadsheet. Better off going to local shops and seeing what they actually got and letting commonsense rule.

Ah, but I am planning for 2017 and sitting in cold London with not enough to do (boat is in Croatia). So surfing the Net and dreaming about what is required to get across and not be hungry!

TS

 

[capnsensible]

:encouragement:

You could practice baking your own bread and catching fish.... er, except for the fish!

Really, in the times I've done these trips, its often what is there rather than what we wanted.

Have found that veg from market stalls seems to last a lot longer than supermarket stuff, one small example.

 

[pmagowan]

:encouragement:

You could practice baking your own bread and catching fish.... er, except for the fish!

Really, in the times I've done these trips, its often what is there rather than what we wanted.

Have found that veg from market stalls seems to last a lot longer than supermarket stuff, one small example.

We have a place in Italy and regularly get whole cured hams which last as long as you like. Just hang them up and cut a chunk off when you need it. Can be eaten raw of cooked up as a pasta sauce. Salami likewise. You can confit duck which will also last and give you plenty of duck fat for cooking. Cheese will keep forever and even soft cheese can be stored in olive oil. You can also store fruit and veg like this.

Flour and yeast, rice, dried beans, pasta, a few staples and you can live like a king.

 

[capnsensible]

Spanish food similar. Have victualled a number of long passages using Spanish markets.

Interesting though coming back. Chinese supermarkets in St Maarten for example!

 

[TQA]

Get Bimbo bread sliced and wrapped in plastic. I don't know what they put in it but it lasts and lasts.

Fill any odd space with oranges. You can never have too many oranges. But keep checking them.

Buy 'warm' eggs from the egg lady in the market making sure they have never been chilled. Turn them over every three days.

Tinned fruit salad has always been popular with my crews even if they are feeling a bit seasick.

 

[Heckler]

More is better. On the other hand a square inch of paper is enough for the bog.

A long time ago, as a schoolboy. my mate reckoned he had got taken short and managed to wipe his arse on a spangle wrapper!
S

 

[macd]

You're going to buy most of it in one of the supermarkets in Las Palmas that deliver: just ask them for "the usual" times 'x'.
Alternatively, follow the Robin K-J approach and load a cwt of corned beef times 'x'.

But if you want to be seriously practical, and popular, follow capnsensible's advice and learn to make good bread: very easy and an absolute joy on passage. Also consider throwing overboard anyone who comes up with "Bimbo sliced bread". Unless, of course, they're a bimbo...

P.S. People who need to plan bogroll to the last sheet are seriously...[fill in appropriate adjective beginning in 'a']

 

[tudorsailor]

But if you want to be seriously practical, and popular, follow capnsensible's advice and learn to make good bread: very easy and an absolute joy on passage. Also consider throwing overboard anyone who comes up with "Bimbo sliced bread". Unless, of course, they're a bimbo...

I am honing my breadmaking skills. However I understand that its more practical to use a breadmaker to save on gas and to avoid heating up the boat in the hot weather. I have a 1500w inverter so I hope that this is enough to power a breadmaker.

TudorSailor

 

[JumbleDuck]

(Distance to cover) x (Number if crew) / (Expected daily miles) = Number of Fray Bentos Pies required.

 

[prv]

Have found that veg from market stalls seems to last a lot longer than supermarket stuff, one small example.

+1

Not a market stall as such, but the "International Foods" shop near me which also does lots of normal fruit and veg, piled up outside (and in the front part of the shop) like a traditional greengrocer. Veg from them seems to last loads longer than from Sainsburys. Dunno whether the supermarkets have a longer supply chain so it's already older when it gets in the shop, or whether it's something to do with them chilling it.

Pete

 

[siwhi]

There's one on the Jester website produced by Roger Fitzgerald. http://www.jesterinfo.org/

Full link is below but doesn't always work:

http://www.jesterinfo.org/Transatlantic victualing - Roger Fitzgerald.xls

 

[Ludd]

(Distance to cover) x (Number if crew) / (Expected daily miles) = Number of Fray Bentos Pies required.

Made ,of course, by Baxter of Fochabers, .
100 tins of Cullen Skink as a variation ----

 

[JumbleDuck]

Made ,of course, by Baxter of Fochabers, .
100 tins of Cullen Skink as a variation ----

Their cullen skink rocks, though it is a tad pricey.

 

[Sandy]

Their cullen skink rocks, though it is a tad pricey.

I rather like their Lobster Bisque.