Boat Provisioning - The Floating Grocery Store

How do you get to the grocery store when your astay good for months at a time.
thousand miles from shore, and a thousand and twoAnywhere you can find a place to store snacks, be
miles from the nearest grocery store? The shortsure to take advantage of it. Boating always seems
answer is you don't. The longer answer will beto make people hungry, but doesn't always seem to
presented here, and it begins with a trip down belowprovide the opportunity to stop what your doing and
to see what you've got stashed in the galley of yourmake something fancy. Healthy snacks will be better
boat. Provisioning for a extended boating trip is noto fuel the fires that keep the crew and the boat
small task. If you forget something, there's no quickgoing.
run to the convenience store to pick up a couple ofBe careful of what foods you store together.
things. Out in the middle of the ocean, if you can'tThey're not always compatible. Apples and carrots
catch it, or find it somewhere in the galley, your notstored together, will often cause bitterness in the
going to eat it. Here's a few quick ideas to get youcarrots. If onions are stored with potatoes, the
started thinking about boat provisioning.onions will steal moisture from the potatoes.
To start a list of what kind of provisions you thinkMost fruit should be bought in the not-yet-ripe state,
you'll need, draw up a menu with a weeks worth ofand then stored in a way to slow down the ripening
meals your boating crew would enjoy. Then figureprocess. Green apples stored in the dark should last a
out what would be required to make each meal. Thiscouple of weeks.
list should be a good base to build from when youGive some thought to were you store items in the
actually start buying items for the boat trip.boat. Storage lockers closer to the hull and below the
Be sure to have some very simple to prepare meals.waterline will be cooler, and better for produce.
When weather is rough, and the boat galley is anEspecially if you are going to be boating in warm
unworkable environment, some pre-packaged mealstropical areas.
that require no heating will be a saving grace.While there is a lot to consider, some thorough and
Keep an eye out for foods that will stay fresh forlogical planning will make things smoother come launch
long periods of time, or are packaged in such a wayday. And while you may forget a few items, or lose
as to say fresh longer. Cheese that is packaged ina few perishables in transit, don't fret. It's only a
wax, will stay good for a very long time. Somethousand and two miles to the nearest grocery
salami, sausage and pepperoni that is keep in thestore.
non-refrigerated section of the grocery store will