Tranona
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Not sure we do. Just pointing out that the world changes and the baseline changes partly because the technology changes. People still inhabit different points on the spectrum, though.We live in different worlds.
Not sure we do. Just pointing out that the world changes and the baseline changes partly because the technology changes. People still inhabit different points on the spectrum, though.We live in different worlds.
Ah, the old 'sheep in the rigging' trick beloved by expedition yachts in the south.All this talk of fridges suggests none of you are doing proper hairshirt sailing. There's a picture of Skip Novak's yacht with a sheep carcass hung on the solar arch because the outside air temperature was colder than the fridge.
A decent slingshot and you have fresh hawk/eagle to go with the fresh meat.Ah, the old 'sheep in the rigging' trick beloved by expedition yachts in the south.
Bit of a problem with that, sort of twofold. The expedition yacht season runs from December to February. The temps - at sea level - on TdF/Isla Navarino - where these expeditions start - in those months run from mins of about 5ºC to a max of about 15ºC.
The birds love it - this bloke was in residence on a neighbouring boat for a few hours.View attachment 190070
Although, are the people cruising with no fridges as likely to be on this forum?I'd be interested to see how many of the people posting on this thread are actively out there cruising right now. As opposed to dreaming about it or reminiscing about a trip they did thirty years ago.
And then ask how many of those currently active cruisers have a fridge, etc.
Do they miss haggis?Ah, the old 'sheep in the rigging' trick beloved by expedition yachts in the south.
Yes,what moor could you ask
To be honest, I'm not sure where they are.Although, are the people cruising with no fridges as likely to be on this forum?
The OP is a professional delivery skipper who just wanted to kick start a conversation about how you would go about circumnavigating on a budget. I don't believe he is actually planning on doing this.Couple of points, don't think we've heard from the OP for a while, it would be interesting to hear his views on the above conversation. Or perhaps some more details as to his possible budget, thoughts on boat age and type, location etc? Might let us give some more targeted help.
Also, he might find some additional research useful. Plenty of good books on the subject, some mentioned above, here's another suggestion.
OP - where are you???
Amazon.co.uk : sailing on the cheap
How? Why were you even using it?We actually do carry an ice cube maker on our boat... The first unit broke when we were in Scotland...
Perzactly! With sufficient cold beer you're beyond using Starlink and don't need fresh waterThe beer wins.....
We kind of just had to have a rum and coke on the Isle of RumHow? Why were you even using it?
But that's Scotland... In February! Just break an icicle of something, or leave your coke outside until it freezesWe kind of just had to have a rum and coke on the Isle of Rum
Unless your fridge is plumbed-in such that it dumps the extracted heat overboard (and not into the cabin) it is not going to operate as air-con at all!The Aquair in towing mode made more power than we could use. Pulling it back on board when the batteries were 100% charged either meant slowing down which was not really an option we were willing to consider, or dicing with (finger) death. So we often just left it and ran our fridge with the lid off as a means to make it less efficient ie use the spare power, and as a poor form of air conditioning. Once out there we often chose windier anchorages on purpose so that the Aquair in wind mode (which wasn't as good as towing mode) could still generate cold beer. I think solar panels were more expensive then.
Interesting.........we have a complete Aquair on board but not installed (it came with the boat). Been contemplating if it was worth installing. Perhaps I shouldThe Aquair in towing mode made more power than we could use.
When you think of the origens of it, there weren't any fridges or freezers then, just a way of preserving the bits from the pig killing.Chorizo doesn't need to be kept in a freezer. You could have had more room for ice to go in your rum and ting.![]()
In theory, yes, but the shop bought chorizo we use doesn't even survive being in the slightly warmer door section of the fridge. Best thing is to put it in the freezer.When you think of the origens of it, there weren't any fridges or freezers then, just a way of preserving the bits from the pig killing.
On what proportion of the circumnavigation will that prove effective?For cool beer around the UK, just trail the bottles/cans in a net behind the boat, or, in the outboard well if on a real budget boat.