Crockery that doesn’t stain from coffee etc

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Praxinoscope said:
Have thought about it at times, but find acrylic wine glasses adequate for most occasions.
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We have used acrylic glasses for yonks but added glass glasses about twenty years ago. They are the ones that match the white glass crockery. I think we have broken one or two, but not as far as I remember when on passage. Ours have a generous rounded bowl and can be stacked, but this design no longer seems to be available.

I think that provided proper stowage is made for it, there is no reason not to have crockery that you enjoy in any boat from a medium size. We were entertained to waffles and strawberries on a 40' German boat with bone china which they claimed to have sailed with for many years, and I admired them for not slumming it just because they were on a boat.
 
Motor_Sailor said:
At the moment Ikea has the same stuff (but in plain white) at significantly lower prices. It's made in France and is, as you say, perfect for the boat.
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It's called Arcopal or Luminarc. Ikea don't sell Arcopal mugs though, only earthenware ones, but they are available on ebay. Here's a dinner set...

18 Piece Dinner Set White Arcopal Zelie Dinner Plates/Bowls Dinnerset 883314524765 | eBay

and here are some mugs...

Luminarc White Mug Morning Set Of 6 Clear Mugs 320ml Coffee Mug Tea Dishwasher | eBay
 
johnalison said:
We used to use plastic but now that we have grown up we use those tough white glass mugs they sell in chandleries with pretty anchors on, and they are still white after twenty years.
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Also available were the similar Schooner tableware supplied by Plastimo (but made by Arcopal). I've not seen them for sale for years but this site claims that they sell the plates (but nothing else)...

SchoonerPlastimo Dinner Plate x6

I think they are probably left over stock and every other item is long gone. Plastimo don't list them now.
 
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Denture cleaning tablets clean mugs pretty well. Whether plastic items are sufficiently heat resistant is a different matter.

Acrylic glasses don't stain. Like the previous poster, we use tumblers for the red liquid unless we are tied up somewhere calm. If drinking bottled wine we always put the lid back on just in case. Confuses one of our friends no end ?
 
blush2 said:
Denture cleaning tablets clean mugs pretty well. Whether plastic items are sufficiently heat resistant is a different matter.

Acrylic glasses don't stain. Like the previous poster, we use tumblers for the red liquid unless we are tied up somewhere calm. If drinking bottled wine we always put the lid back on just in case. Confuses one of our friends no end ?
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It is a plank-walking offence on our boat to leave a bottle unstoppered. A guest managed to upend a bottle of red in the cockpit when our boat was a few months old. The stain washed out in only a coupLe of weeks but it was a lesson we learned.
 
Wansworth said:
Do you dress for dinner?
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Of course. Camping as per the 1950s is unnecessary. Just because you are on a boat, or better - a yacht, does not mean you slum it. 2 showers a day, each (and better - together), clean clothes not daggy old stuff left over after you washed the car.

If the chef is putting in effort to provide a meal made from fresh ingredients why would you eat off plastic with a spoon, drink decent red wine from plastic, not have clean sheets etc etc. We don't drink alcohol at sea, at all.

We have a bottle rack, racks for the glass glasses and a wide bottomed 'ships' decanter (leaded glass). I do admit when we are at sea and eating - we do use non slip mats, multi hulls might sail (on average) flat but they can bounce around a lot (and the French Press does sometimes reside in the sink :( ).

Jonathan
 
Neeves said:
Of course. Camping as per the 1950s is unnecessary. Just because you are on a boat, or better - a yacht, does not mean you slum it. 2 showers a day, each (and better - together), clean clothes not daggy old stuff left over after you washed the car.

If the chef is putting in effort to provide a meal made from fresh ingredients why would you eat off plastic with a spoon, drink decent red wine from plastic, not have clean sheets etc etc. We don't drink alcohol at sea, at all.

We have a bottle rack, racks for the glass glasses and a wide bottomed 'ships' decanter (leaded glass). I do admit when we are at sea and eating - we do use non slip mats, multi hulls might sail (on average) flat but they can bounce around a lot (and the French Press does sometimes reside in the sink :( ).

Jonathan
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Personally proper China and glassware is as essential as the right anchour?
 
Confession time

We have two types of catering, at sea ie on passage, and at anchor. To get to SW Tasmania we day sail, long days and over night across Bass Strait. On passage we have an early breakfast (usually dawn and on the move) and late dinners (at anchor) (the sun will have set). Lunch is usually from a shuttle chef. At the end of a passage we have Dinner - commonly with wine, glasses and porcelain. Dinner is cooked toward end of the passage within striking distance of the anchorage. On passage we often eat on deck and one of us will be on watch. Its a sort of picnic, no formality - we still use porcelain - but its usually an extended meal, takes time, maybe interruptions (and no alcohol). Dinner on passage might be a roast, easy to complete on passage. or some sort of casserole (again Shuttle Chef), maybe lamb shanks. The shuttle chef is heated up, put into its 'Thermos' case and left to complete the cooking - in the sink.

As with most people we spend more time at anchor than sailing and we try to anchor in quiet secluded locations - there are no waves. There is no need for plastic. Its a time to relax, enjoy and savour.

The OP has asked for recommendations. If you are eating on passage in a monohull we would suggest you might need two sets of equipment, something to use when healed and something else to use when at anchor (or in a marina). You could use the same stuff - but when at anchor you can relax and the yacht should be relatively stable. Extend your ambitions to encompass having achieved a delightful passage, relaxed. If you are going to have a riotous party with half of a rugby team - use the stuff you use on passage.

Horses for courses.

Jonathan
 
I shopped hard for melamine crockery after I found that some manufacturers offer it with a rubber ring moulded into the base to make it nonslip. I ended up with a plain white set - I think this one from Kampa - because I didn't like any of the patterns offered with this feature. Brunner make some particularly pleasing designs, including accessories like matching egg cups and butter dishes, but not with the nonslip base.

So, anyway, the first time I used my new crockery in a seaway, the plate stayed where it was and the food slid straight off.

It will probably be decades before I buy new crockery, but I determined to buy Corelle next time.

I notice that melamine doesn't dry quite so readily as proper crockery, presumably it's not as smooth as ceramic, and that one of my side plates has started to develop that brown sheen you see on older melamine. I'm not sure if it's staining or just a quality of melamine - it seems almost like it's under the surface and can't be scrubbed off; the instructions say not to use bleach.
 
Neeves said:
Of course. Camping as per the 1950s is unnecessary. Just because you are on a boat, or better - a yacht, does not mean you slum it. 2 showers a day, each (and better - together), clean clothes not daggy old stuff left over after you washed the car.

If the chef is putting in effort to provide a meal made from fresh ingredients why would you eat off plastic with a spoon, drink decent red wine from plastic, not have clean sheets etc etc. We don't drink alcohol at sea, at all.

We have a bottle rack, racks for the glass glasses and a wide bottomed 'ships' decanter (leaded glass). I do admit when we are at sea and eating - we do use non slip mats, multi hulls might sail (on average) flat but they can bounce around a lot (and the French Press does sometimes reside in the sink :( ).

Jonathan
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Cafetiere.
In Ireland we first started to learn to speak English in the Elizabethan period and some words of Middle English still survive in everyday use here e.g. "press", meaning "cupboard". Hence, if someone says French press it could mean a cupboard in France, I.e. " une armoire".?
 
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Just a word of warning on items like Corelle and Pyrex. The glass is really tough - but when it breaks it will explode (that's what it seems like) into a myriad of pieces - and you will be find them for months.

Jonathan
 
jac said:
New to us boat came without crockery and we included our old stuff in sale of our boat so need to get some suitable for boat crocker.

I’m keen to get stuff that doesn’t absorb the stain from coffee or tomato based food. Anyone got any recommendations they can share??
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These: SHO Flexi

We used to use normal china mugs until we found these. They are simply magic and keep drinks hot for hours. They also fit perfectly in a muggi. The only problem with them is that they are so effective there is no warmth on the outside of the mug to keep your hands warm!
 
Getting right back to the OP, we find that rinsing the cheap - pound shop - coffee mugs within a short time after drinking keeps them clean. They are now seven seasons old and like new inside. Once rinsed a normal wash is all they need to stay unstained.

Our previous boat had the OE supplied 'Gallyware' melamine type crockery. This was new in 1999. When we sold the previous boat we kept the Galleyware as it has non slip buttonsinserted in the bottom. This feature is really good.

Now 23 years old it is in regular use. We recently returned after four and a half months aboard. The pattern is wearing off a little on the centre of the dining plates and a good curry leaves a slight yellow stain. This soon disappears. We shall keep it for its non slip properties.

We have real glass wine glasses held by their base in an overhead hanger and some slim beer glasses held by a bar with some rolled non slip keeping them gently 'pinched' betwixed non slip and bar.

Works for us.

For use at sea we have four 'Alladin' wide base insulated mugs. They dont fall over in bad seas if half full and can be used for eating out of too. For less extreme weather two china wide base mugs are used.
 
Wansworth said:
Do you dress for dinner?
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Certainly not, but sometimes it is nice to apply a modicum of formality. One evening in Ystad I was laying the cockpit table for our meal, nothing special, just setting the cutlery and wine glasses in place, when I saw our German neighbour doing to same. The difference was that his table was beautifully laid out with a tablecloth, and his final piece de resistance was an enormous bright pink plastic lobster carefully placed in the centre. Now that is style.
 
johnalison said:
Certainly not, but sometimes it is nice to apply a modicum of formality. One evening in Ystad I was laying the cockpit table for our meal, nothing special, just setting the cutlery and wine glasses in place, when I saw our German neighbour doing to same. The difference was that his table was beautifully laid out with a tablecloth, and his final piece de resistance was an enormous bright pink plastic lobster carefully placed in the centre. Now that is style.
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Germanic one upmanship?
 
johnalison said:
Certainly not, but sometimes it is nice to apply a modicum of formality. One evening in Ystad I was laying the cockpit table for our meal, nothing special, just setting the cutlery and wine glasses in place, when I saw our German neighbour doing to same. The difference was that his table was beautifully laid out with a tablecloth, and his final piece de resistance was an enormous bright pink plastic lobster carefully placed in the centre. Now that is style.
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Impressed by a plastic replica. :(

The real thing are so much better
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I catch them, Josephine cooks them. Why would you eat one off a plastic plate with white wine in acrylic glasses?

Standards are certainly slipping.

Jonathan. :)

The welding gloves are for the crayfish (and flares)
 
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