Take Away Food delivered to boat?

[C08]

Any tips on how best to get food delivery when on the boat?. Will be at anchor not a marina we so need to select a location for delivery, I suppose delivery guy needs a postcode. Is there any reluctance to deliver to a random address if already paid for?

 

[paulajayne]

Some delivery companies now use "what three words"
HERE

Accurate to a 3 metre square.

Maybe worth asking them.

 

[Sandy]

Bus shelter? Hotel doorway? We usually just go do the chippy.

 

[Stemar]

Bus shelter? Hotel doorway? We usually just go do the chippy.

That's a long walk from Newtown Creek

If they do What Three Words, that sounds like a good idea. It also suggests that the place has a higher degree of initiative than average, which must improve the chances of the food actually arriving.

 

[prv]

I’ve had takeaways delivered to a deserted-looking boatyard a few times. Main advice I can give is to make sure you‘re there when the driver arrives, as they may not wait and may not phone even if you left a number.

Pete

 

[ryanroberts]

Have done this while on a narrowboat a few times. Delivery people can get a bit miffed trying to locate a black boat in the dark. Deliveroo are good if you are in a covered area.

 

[johnalison]

Why does anyone need food delivered to their boat, when Fray Bentos is freely available?

 

[jac]

Why does anyone need food delivered to their boat, when Fray Bentos is freely available?

Even if Fray Bentos were free it does not mean that anyone should be forced to eat one

 

[Homer J]

Where are you going to get someone to deliver a take-away at Newtown Creek?? Do they have a drone?

 

[langstonelayabout]

Some companies will have an issue if you pay by debit or credit card and want the food delivered to an address that the card isn’t registered at. I guess this is an opportunity to use cash.

 

[Stemar]

Why does anyone need food delivered to their boat, when Fray Bentos is freely available?

The desire for food?

Even if Fray Bentos were free it does not mean that anyone should be forced to eat one

While I wouldn't go so far as to to call consumption a cruel and unusual punishment, it still seems to me that their best use is as a weapon to deter pirates

 

[graham]

Give them your lat and long and directions to where the dinghy is tied up

 

[mjcoon]

Some delivery companies now use "what three words"
HERE

Accurate to a 3 metre square.

Maybe worth asking them.

That has the potential to match those stories of early years of satnav when people blindly drove off the dock when the satnav assumed a ferry would magically materialise...

Mike.

 

[starfire]

Why does anyone need food delivered to their boat, when Fray Bentos is freely available?

Being a butchers son, I used to love the stuff, corned beef hash on a Wednesday, half day closing, afternoon.

Years later, did a transat delivery.
We ran out of any other protein about 5 days out.
Not touched it since.

 

[Zagato]

Think you will find the same level of dubious meat source in most Takeaways as well as Fray Bentos pies these days! The OP must be in a tight spot to have to call out for a takeaway... keep some simple pasta on board and a nice bottle of red to get you out of trouble... you might feel a little horse in the morning otherwise!