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Several lessons can be plucked out of this video. They have five days till the cruise.
Experience teaches. Prior trip she rented a car and bought what she thought she'd need. This is their second cruise to the Bahamas. It's apparent this trip that priorities and procedures have changed drastically:
Equipment updated: vacuum sealer, second Dometic Freezer and almond milk maker.
Meal plans are in place with ingredient amounts being extrapolated from the number of meals planned. The meals in the plan are favorites that they know will be eaten. Stowage is maximized. Examples: meats are vacuumed sealed and optimally stored in freezers. Almonds to make almond milk is preferred over preprocessed store bought almond milk. Bulky packaging and can labels are discarded and cans etc. are marked as to contents - optimizes space and deters bugs.
Spread sheets seem anal retentive but can be a major help in: keeping an eye on costs, locating where specific provisions are stowed and how much of what has been purchased. If updated religiously it will reflect stores available for use.
Priorities changed in that prepackaged and proportioned meats became the priority for freezer space.
Instead of renting or borrowing a car or calling a Uber they used a shopping service to save time and money. Many will cringe at this thought but as cruisers? The old saw states: "When the anchor is weighted all debts are paid.".
Eggs, fresh fruits and veggies are planed to be purchased in the islands.
Sickness can strike at anytime and doesn't care what your current priorities or responsibilities are.
If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans.
Fair use.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsHoigxv-w
run time 14:56
Experience teaches. Prior trip she rented a car and bought what she thought she'd need. This is their second cruise to the Bahamas. It's apparent this trip that priorities and procedures have changed drastically:
Equipment updated: vacuum sealer, second Dometic Freezer and almond milk maker.
Meal plans are in place with ingredient amounts being extrapolated from the number of meals planned. The meals in the plan are favorites that they know will be eaten. Stowage is maximized. Examples: meats are vacuumed sealed and optimally stored in freezers. Almonds to make almond milk is preferred over preprocessed store bought almond milk. Bulky packaging and can labels are discarded and cans etc. are marked as to contents - optimizes space and deters bugs.
Spread sheets seem anal retentive but can be a major help in: keeping an eye on costs, locating where specific provisions are stowed and how much of what has been purchased. If updated religiously it will reflect stores available for use.
Priorities changed in that prepackaged and proportioned meats became the priority for freezer space.
Instead of renting or borrowing a car or calling a Uber they used a shopping service to save time and money. Many will cringe at this thought but as cruisers? The old saw states: "When the anchor is weighted all debts are paid.".
Eggs, fresh fruits and veggies are planed to be purchased in the islands.
Sickness can strike at anytime and doesn't care what your current priorities or responsibilities are.
If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans.
Fair use.
We Provision for the Bahamas | Provisioning our Sailboat for 6 months in the Bahamas
Nov 9, 2021run time 14:56
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