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Provisioning
Provisioning for Cruising
on Your Boat
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How do you know how much food to take on the boat or even what foods travel well?
 
Tips to help you plan and provisions that have worked well on our boats.

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Traveling on Land When You Live on a Boat

Published on May 2, 2025; last updated on April 29, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock/Pamela Douglas

Red car parked at the curb - getting around on land when you live on a boat

Traveling on land when you live on a boat is yet one more thing for cruisers to learn about. Here are your options.

🎧 How to Provision for a Long Passage in an Unfamiliar Place

Published on April 5, 2025; last updated on March 30, 2025 by Nica Waters

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Do you know how to provision for a Long passage? How about from an unfamiliar location. Here are my best tips.

🎧Fill ALL the Boat’s Tanks

Published on November 30, 2024; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Nica Waters

Setting off on a passage? beginning a cruise? Don’t forget to fill ALL the tanks before you leave.

🎧Provisioning for a Holiday on Passage

Published on November 16, 2024; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Nica Waters

Whether Thanksgiving or another holiday, how do you provision if you’re underway on a passage? And still plan a special meal?

Milk with No Boat Refrigeration

Published on August 1, 2024; last updated on July 31, 2024 by Carolyn Shearlock

boxed milk no refrigeration

You can have milk with no refrigeration! Good tasting, real milk, not powdered. What to look for and how to find it in your grocery store.

You Can Only Buy What the Store Sells

Published on June 12, 2024; last updated on June 10, 2024 by Carolyn Shearlock

You can only buy what th store has - photo of woman buying produce at outdoor market under a tent

You can only buy what the store sells. So how do you provision when you don’t know what you can get from port to port? Some tips.

🎧How to Keep Track of Your Boat Stores

Published on March 1, 2024; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

Keeping track of your boat stores is crucial–especially if you’re a weekend cruiser. Here’s a handy tool that will help.

Practicing Cruising Skills

Published on February 15, 2024; last updated on August 25, 2024 by Carolyn Shearlock

Practicing cruising skill is worth starting before you throw off the lines. Here are boat skills you can practice now to help you later.

Farmer’s Markets – A Cruiser’s Friend

Published on January 3, 2024; last updated on January 10, 2025 by Carolyn Shearlock

Farmer’s markets offer many benefits to provisioning cruisers. And best of all, you can find them nearly everywhere!

🎧Beware of the Size Trap When Provisioning

Published on December 26, 2023; last updated on January 4, 2025 by Nica Waters

Buy in bulk for the boat? Well, maybe. Sometimes a large size is a false economy onboard.

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