What bags to use carrying stuff to boat

[LONG_KEELER]

It's probably going to be different if you are a swinger or marina sailor.

I soon found out that carrying food in carrier bags in a tender is not a good idea . Salt water flavoured
chocolate biscuits don't taste right. Also , some food is often lost in the transfer.

So what type bags and carriers works best for you .

 

[sailorman]

a cold box works well, secure lid too but depends on quantities / space available & time spent o/b. we do keep stores o/b, tins, pasta,rice ,biscuits ect.

 

[fredrussell]

One of those flat bottomed, rectangular hessian "green' shopping bags for me. Or a roll top waterproof stuff sac for anything that needs keeping dry. Both my larger stuff sacs have shoulder straps.

 

[Roger52]

The huge Ikea bags are perfect. Thick so they don't break. Shoulder straps as well as hand. If not overloaded you can fold the sides over to keep out any spray etc on the way.

 

[ShinyShoe]

a cold box works well, secure lid too but depends on quantities / space available & time spent o/b. we do keep stores o/b, tins, pasta,rice ,biscuits ect.
Read more at http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?499557-What-bags-to-use-carrying-stuff-to-boat

Cool boxes work well to get things to the boat. But for medium size boats they are pain when you get there! For v small boats you probably keep your cold things in them all the time. For large ocean liners you'll just tell one of the cabin boys to find a space in a locker. For everyone else they are now a awkward lump that gets in the way. A zip-able cool bag is a more viable option. It wont be as good at insulation but it will be better to fold flat once aboard, so if you have a fridge that seems more logical.

One of those flat bottomed, rectangular hessian "green' shopping bags for me. Or a roll top waterproof stuff sac for anything that needs keeping dry. Both my larger stuff sacs have shoulder straps.

I suspect some of this depends how people do their shopping and where they keep the dinghy etc.
Do you shop on Thursday, take it home and sort between house and boat food and take it down on Saturday Morning having neatly packed it at home on the kitchen table? OR do you stop at Lidl on the way to the boat?

Then when you get to 'marina/harbour/beach' where is your tender, how do you get on etc. Are you walking along a pontoon and stepping in, or climbing across 5 other tenders or clambering across a weedy muddy section of beach.

I've always thought the sight of people putting their Sainsbury bags in the bottom of a tender looked odd! I'm much more of a rucksack or holdall kind of guy for anything though...

 

[ashtead]

This might depend on the stuff and method of reaching boat however we use a soft cool bag with zip top as folds on board easily . Have a variety of sizes to accommodate different quantise of perishable food being transported. Also have a foil lined bag in car boot for hot items e.g. Fish and chips or ice cream. For hard items Waitrose square green bags used for scanning shopping are best but any reusable bags from m&s or lidl for tins and bottles. If you prefer hard boxes we have some blue boxes with orange handles but more space needed to store on board. In France we have a canary yellow shopper trolley to wheel back with baguettes etc but also small folding wheel box. Try to avoid carry bags as sadly quality has reduced in recent years but some chandeliers do still offer better versions . The hessian ones branded with your butcher of choice are fine but perhaps not ideal. A lot of this though is down to the journey to boat so if shopping by bike a rucksack or pannier is going to be more use .

 

[Hoolie]

We use several zip top cheap sports bags with the cardboard inner base removed so they fold up. Not exactly waterproof but they do resist splashing. And stuff doesn't fall out!

 

[duncan99210]

For day to day shopping when we're on board, we just use daysacks. They're reasonably waterproof and easy to carry as you wander from shop to shop. For things that have to stay dry, like washing, we've a selection of roll top dry sacks, starting with a small one for tablets and phones up to a monster 120 litre one which will accommodate ten days worth of washing.
Ikea bags are great for washing but we tend to stuff them into the dry sack especially if there's any chop running: bitter experience has taught us that no matter how well you tuck in the bag, if you take a couple of waves in the wrong direction you'll get soggy salty washing.....

 

[doug748]

I use a rucksack, if I have a long carry

Father Christmas also bought me one of these large dry sacks, originally designed for motorcycle use but I see they now have a "marine" section, etc:

http://www.lomo.co.uk/acatalog/Dry-Boxes-dry-bags-uk.html

Prices and quality I have found to be excellent. Sometimes a third of the price of trendy bike gear.

 

[Corribee Boy]

Thanks for the link, Doug - those do look like good value.

 

[[3889]]

I use a rucksack, if I have a long carry

Father Christmas also bought me one of these large dry sacks, originally designed for motorcycle use but I see they now have a "marine" section, etc:

http://www.lomo.co.uk/acatalog/Dry-Boxes-dry-bags-uk.html

Prices and quality I have found to be excellent. Sometimes a third of the price of trendy bike gear.

+1 for Lomo. I bought a few things from them for kayaking. Only issue is that items are often out of stock.

 

[Humblebee]

The bags made by the Montrose Rope and Sail Co are popular with offshore workers. If they can stand up to life on helicopters and oil rigs they'll take anything we boaties can throw at them. Maybe a bit heavy and bulky but will last forever. Link below.
https://www.montrosebag.com/

 

[ShinyShoe]

Those prices look decent. Now to remember that next time I need a new bag!

 

[DJE]

Amah Bags!

https://www.google.com/search?q=ama...1AKHa_aCvIQuIIBegQIARAm#imgrc=EHgoc2LjjZ_WdM:

 

[TQA]

I live on the hook and always have a couple of these 1 $ ponchos plus 3 or 4 extra large garbage bags in my splash proof rucksack . I may not always be stylish but we usually get back to the boat fairly dry. Things like cameras passports etc travel in ziplocks.

 

[Champagne Murphy]

We have three waterproof roll top bags that we bought from Aldi some years ago. Been brilliant and were dead cheap at the time although that isn’t much help I’m afraid.
This sort of thing though;
https://www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk/2017-crewsaver-bute-litre-dry-bag-6233-p-7350.html

 

[Ruffles]

I use the 'big blue bag'. Essential for any sailing trip involving dinghies!

Just a huge home made bag made from PU proofed sail bag fabric with a sail makers zip so it does't rust and a tape handle that runs all the way under the bag to take the strain.

When I say big it only just fits the boot of the car. Obviously it's too big to carry but then it gets lifted from car to trolley to dinghy to pontoon. And because everything goes in it nothing gets lost overboard. It's not completely waterproof so clothes can get a bit damp on top if it's raining heavily. Not mine obviously.

But the big advantage of a home made bag like this is that once aboard it packs away to nothing.

And if the dinghy sinks you can sit on it and paddle to shore.

 

[JumbleDuck]

So what type bags and carriers works best for you .

I have a rigid dinghy with a "bilge", so carrier bags work fine for food. They also give me a ready supply of rubbish bags for use when sailing. Otherwise I don't transfer much, as I keep all my sailing gear and all the clothes I need on the boat, so that even for a long trip I can just turn up with self, food and crew. When I do need to transfer clothes I have a brute of a waterproof bag made by Helly Hansen before they were a fashion brand and bought, if I recall correctly, from the "ships' crew" section of Paisley's in Glasgow, a million years ago. It's just a big holdall in heavy duty waterpoof fabric with toggles and velcro to seal it.

 

[AJ_01]

The huge Ikea bags are perfect. Thick so they don't break. Shoulder straps as well as hand. If not overloaded you can fold the sides over to keep out any spray etc on the way.

+1

 

[Stemar]

Lidl regularly have drybags for stupidly low prices. We've got a few and they're great for that windy dinghy trip out to the boat - or even going from car to boat in the rain.

Well worth looking out for