A little late for this given the storm is on us, but you can plan ahead to minimize the impact of a power loss.
Only the very largest cruising sailboats have mechanical refrigeration. All the rest have iceboxes, and the average cruising sailor thinks nothing of planning for a week at a time.
If you fill plastic milk cartons about 80% full and put them in your freezer, they will freeze solid in a day or less. On a sailboat, as they thaw you then have drinking water. But two or three of them in your fridge will help keep it cool for several days. For a large cooler they usually freeze seven jugs. You can fill them higher for land use: the jugs aren't filled so high not only because of the expansion of ice, but also so the jugs will float high enough to be found if you ditch.
Opening and closing allows more heat entry. Most boat iceboxes are vertical with a cover on top, but another technique is to transfer the days food to a "ready cooler" so that the main icebox is only opened once a day.
You get the idea.
Only the very largest cruising sailboats have mechanical refrigeration. All the rest have iceboxes, and the average cruising sailor thinks nothing of planning for a week at a time.
If you fill plastic milk cartons about 80% full and put them in your freezer, they will freeze solid in a day or less. On a sailboat, as they thaw you then have drinking water. But two or three of them in your fridge will help keep it cool for several days. For a large cooler they usually freeze seven jugs. You can fill them higher for land use: the jugs aren't filled so high not only because of the expansion of ice, but also so the jugs will float high enough to be found if you ditch.
Opening and closing allows more heat entry. Most boat iceboxes are vertical with a cover on top, but another technique is to transfer the days food to a "ready cooler" so that the main icebox is only opened once a day.
You get the idea.
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