This post is a follow-up to this post from last year. In 2006, we corrected a lot of the mistakes we made in 2005 so let's make 2007 even better. Below are my thoughts. If you can add any, please do:- Don't put beer cans, champagne or anything but ice below the wooden grate in the ice box. When the ice melts, it turns to freezing water and it's impossible to fish it out without getting frostbite. This year let's put two ice blocks below the grate and nothing else.
- Ice + rum + lime + something sweet is a GOOD idea. For some reason, we decided tiki drinks were bad. Fuck that. All salty sea dogs --- even Hemingway --- drank Daquiris and Mai Tais. My suggestion: I'll bring the orgeat and rum, and you bring the limes and orange curacao. The Mai Tai has nautical history and deserves RESPECT. Read more here.
- When night sailing, have the boat hook, spotlight and knife ready in the cockpit. Last year, we snagged a crab pot at night and it took too long to cut it off. Imagine if we'd been close to a jetty or other obstruction? Let's have the necessary tools by our side so we can get the boat back in shape quickly.
- Tie some line to the king spoke of the wheel. This will help us keep a steady course the whole trip. Last year, we only thought of that halfway through the trip. This time, let's tie it on at the dock.
- Let's bring a BITCH of a champagne bottle (see above) and open it with a scabbard. Derek, this is on you, my friend.
7 comments:
I can start saving gallon milk jugs with screw tops (my kids drink whole). I will freeze water in 4 or 5 of them - that way we can keep them in the bottom or even the top of the ice chest with no melty mess.
And we can drink them after they have melted.
Costco, of which I belong, was big net bags of lime pretty cheap. I could get one or two and hang them in the cabin.
Great, great. Good ideas.
Also, does anyone have a reliable beer cooler? Last year we had mine and the g'damned lid wouldn't stay closed.
I have one, but it's smaller than the one last year by almost half.
I wil buy a cooler that shoots beer to us.
Colin - did you ever get IPOD speakers? Damon's squawky boombox sucks rocks.
Note: Get Ipod speakers and make sure speakers are in the box.
Dam that sucked
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