Where do you keep your cooler on a pre'86 C-22? We usually keep ours under the tiller, but keeping ice is really our biggest concern when cruising in the summer. Last summer, we carried a second cooler and kept it under the table, just to keep ice for the next day. I will be working on the lid of our cooler, to put more insulation into it. I have even thought of building a cooler from Styrofoam for the area under the table, with walls about 3 inches thick. Having ice is currently our biggest issue limiting our cruising independence. We do cruise with our 2 sons, so the cooler must be kept somewhere out of the way. Aldo
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We keep ours under the tiller too. I agree that ice doesn't last long there in the Summer. When we take a second cooler we just put it on the cabin sole as far forward as it goes. That may not work for you, but we don't spend much time in the cabin during the day and we move the cooler to the cockpit at night. The biggest help I have found with making ice last longer is to buy block ice rather than cubes. I suspect that much of the loss comes from opening the lid, so don't open the coolers any more often than necessary (good luck with that with two kids on board). You also waste a lot of ice if you add things that are not precooled. A warm case of softdrinks or beer will melt a lot of ice. So when possible put only stuff that is already cold into the cooler. I have thought about building a cooler that fills the space under the tiller. It could be heavily insulated, hold several blocks of ice, and have a small access hole in the lid so you don't let in so much heat to reach in and get a drink. Keep us posted if you come up with a better solution Pete
We keep ours under the tiller too. I agree that ice doesn't last long there in the Summer. When we take a second cooler we just put it on the cabin sole as far forward as it goes. That may not work for you, but we don't spend much time in the cabin during the day and we move the cooler to the cockpit at night. The biggest help I have found with making ice last longer is to buy block ice rather than cubes. I suspect that much of the loss comes from opening the lid, so don't open the coolers any more often than necessary (good luck with that with two kids on board). You also waste a lot of ice if you add things that are not precooled. A warm case of softdrinks or beer will melt a lot of ice. So when possible put only stuff that is already cold into the cooler. I have thought about building a cooler that fills the space under the tiller. It could be heavily insulated, hold several blocks of ice, and have a small access hole in the lid so you don't let in so much heat to reach in and get a drink. Keep us posted if you come up with a better solution Pete
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Aldo, I have been strugling with the cooler dilemma also. Personally, I would avoid the cockpit because anything stowed under the tiller will create a situation where you can't access the lazaretts.I have a tiller tamer that would also make that location useless. Down below works fine,and you can even get a small cooler that holds an extra block of ice to fit into the storage space on the port side aft of the table (lift the cushion). Any built-in storage in the cabin will be in the way of something, you can count on it. Sooo, just use good quality coolers and keep them out of the sun. david
Aldo, I have been strugling with the cooler dilemma also. Personally, I would avoid the cockpit because anything stowed under the tiller will create a situation where you can't access the lazaretts.I have a tiller tamer that would also make that location useless. Down below works fine,and you can even get a small cooler that holds an extra block of ice to fit into the storage space on the port side aft of the table (lift the cushion). Any built-in storage in the cabin will be in the way of something, you can count on it. Sooo, just use good quality coolers and keep them out of the sun. david
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I haven't done this in many years, but... The standard Igloo and Coleman type coolers fit perfectly in the walkway in the cabin. Two place in tandem fore and aft, with the back cushions from the sitting area of the dinette table makes the starboard single berth into a second double berth; it is much more comfortable than the V berth and allows the porta-potti to be left set up without the cushions and boards over it. A great wide play area for the little ones without fear of "what tack am I on now so the kids don't roll on the flooritis". As for blocks of ice, definitly. I use old plastic milk jugs rinsed out and cleaned. Filled 3/4 with drinking quality water, frozen and used in the cooler for blocks of ice and then recycled for teeth brushing, cleaning and face washing and of course that all important iced cold refreshing drink of H2O.
I haven't done this in many years, but... The standard Igloo and Coleman type coolers fit perfectly in the walkway in the cabin. Two place in tandem fore and aft, with the back cushions from the sitting area of the dinette table makes the starboard single berth into a second double berth; it is much more comfortable than the V berth and allows the porta-potti to be left set up without the cushions and boards over it. A great wide play area for the little ones without fear of "what tack am I on now so the kids don't roll on the flooritis". As for blocks of ice, definitly. I use old plastic milk jugs rinsed out and cleaned. Filled 3/4 with drinking quality water, frozen and used in the cooler for blocks of ice and then recycled for teeth brushing, cleaning and face washing and of course that all important iced cold refreshing drink of H2O.
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David said: "Personally, I would avoid the cockpit because anything stowed under the tiller will create a situation where you can't access the lazaretts.I have a tiller tamer that would also make that location useless." I don't understand what you mean. The cooler doesn't block the lazarettes on my 1984 C22. Do the lazerettes open differently on yours? I also don't see why the tiller tamer is a problem. I have never found it and the cooler to interfere with each other at all. I do use a relatively short and "squatty" cooler there. If it did interfere (which it doesn't on my boat), couldn't you just slide the cooler forward when you need to open it. Seems easier than having to go in the cabin to get a drink. Aldo's C22 is an older one I believe, as is mine, is yours newer and therefore different in this regard? Pete
David said: "Personally, I would avoid the cockpit because anything stowed under the tiller will create a situation where you can't access the lazaretts.I have a tiller tamer that would also make that location useless." I don't understand what you mean. The cooler doesn't block the lazarettes on my 1984 C22. Do the lazerettes open differently on yours? I also don't see why the tiller tamer is a problem. I have never found it and the cooler to interfere with each other at all. I do use a relatively short and "squatty" cooler there. If it did interfere (which it doesn't on my boat), couldn't you just slide the cooler forward when you need to open it. Seems easier than having to go in the cabin to get a drink. Aldo's C22 is an older one I believe, as is mine, is yours newer and therefore different in this regard? Pete
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