buying ice

[codmander]

ice can be expensive or free all according where you go to get it since ya'all been so nice figure I'd give ya fishing secret try your local ice skating rink zambonei scraps than dumps it I wouldn't put it in a drink tho.. after hockey games you could come up with a tooth in your martini instaed of an olive

[Freesail99]

Isn't hockey played at the time of year where most aren't sailing ? Now I am assuming you mean ice for your boat, but I've been wrong before.

[Looking]

First, the ice rinks around here are open all year round (Canada Eh?) so you could get Zamboni ice if you wanted to. Which brings me to my second point... No Way should you even touch that ice! It has been spit on, bled on and vomited on. It is full, and I mean FULL of bacteria! The last thing I would want would be for that infectious Slushy to be anywhere near my food supplies.

Trust me, I know. I have been involved in hockey all my life... Canadian ,Eh?

[codmander]

Originally Posted by Looking

First, the ice rinks around here are open all year round (Canada Eh?) so you could get Zamboni ice if you wanted to. Which brings me to my second point... No Way should you even touch that ice! It has been spit on, bled on and vomited on. It is full, and I mean FULL of bacteria! The last thing I would want would be for that infectious Slushy to be anywhere near my food supplies.

Trust me, I know. I have been involved in hockey all my life... Canadian ,Eh?

this is true

[retclt]

Blood ice Codmander! Blood ice!

[jackytdunaway]

fill juice or 1/2 gallon milk jugs with water and freeze them. They last long and don't make your icebox full of water. Then buy the one bag it takes for drinks and keep in there with it. a couple of these jugs last all weekend since they are so thick they melt real slow.

[CapnHand]

Originally Posted by jackytdunaway

fill juice or 1/2 gallon milk jugs with water and freeze them. They last long and don't make your icebox full of water. Then buy the one bag it takes for drinks and keep in there with it. a couple of these jugs last all weekend since they are so thick they melt real slow.

....and then they provide additional drinking water.

[sailingdog]

Instead of water, I usually freeze gatorade or juice in 1/2 gallon bottles. The ice freezes at a lower temperature and generally lasts longer than water ice, and like bottled water, it provides a good cold drink on a hot summer day. Remember to crack the top and pour a bit out, or the bottles tend to burst.

[k1vsk]

for $200, you can buy a good icemaker at the big box stores which will make as much potable ice as you'd ever want and it sure beats carrying jugs around, requires very little power and can make 3 different sized cubes.

[sailingdog]

Yup, and it requires you run your engine to power it.

Originally Posted by k1vsk

for $200, you can buy a good icemaker at the big box stores which will make as much potable ice as you'd ever want and it sure beats carrying jugs around, requires very little power and can make 3 different sized cubes.