I am taking my new 310 on a long cruz next weekend and would like to keep my food cold with out having to buy alot of ice. Has anybody tried using "small" bars of dry ice in their ice box? Thanks, Steve s/v Obsession
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The good part about dry ice is that it's really cold. I used to pick up some free dry ice at the grocery store when the delivery truck came Thursday evening. I'd throw it in the ice box the day before we left for a trip and the day of departure throw in a block or two of regular ice - the ice would last lomger that way. One day before a big trip I had several plastic buckets of dry ice and really stuffed the box. Now the down side. Dry ice contains carbon dioxide. Any thing that is in your icebox will get carbonated - like milk and watermelon, for example. The really down side is that carbon dioxide is heavier than air and settles to the bottom of the box, and, if the drain hole is open, flows into the bildge. The first night out on thae big trip (see above) I woke up in the night with breathing difficulty. I almost couldn't get out of the aft cabin berth. My wife was not wide awake and didn't feel well either. At the time I didn't know what the problem was but my first reaction was to go outside and get some fresh air. Once I could think straight again I figured it was the ice. After opening up all the hatches and getting some ventillation the problem went away. Fortunately our daughter in the V-berth was higher than we were and was't affected much. Certainly quantity is a factor. I've never used dry ice since and we now have refrigeration.
The good part about dry ice is that it's really cold. I used to pick up some free dry ice at the grocery store when the delivery truck came Thursday evening. I'd throw it in the ice box the day before we left for a trip and the day of departure throw in a block or two of regular ice - the ice would last lomger that way. One day before a big trip I had several plastic buckets of dry ice and really stuffed the box. Now the down side. Dry ice contains carbon dioxide. Any thing that is in your icebox will get carbonated - like milk and watermelon, for example. The really down side is that carbon dioxide is heavier than air and settles to the bottom of the box, and, if the drain hole is open, flows into the bildge. The first night out on thae big trip (see above) I woke up in the night with breathing difficulty. I almost couldn't get out of the aft cabin berth. My wife was not wide awake and didn't feel well either. At the time I didn't know what the problem was but my first reaction was to go outside and get some fresh air. Once I could think straight again I figured it was the ice. After opening up all the hatches and getting some ventillation the problem went away. Fortunately our daughter in the V-berth was higher than we were and was't affected much. Certainly quantity is a factor. I've never used dry ice since and we now have refrigeration.
Good advice!!!!
Thanks for all your replies, I will forget about using the dry ice and just tough it out with block ice... The referg. will have to wait unit the bimini and dodger which should be in a week or two.
Thanks for all your replies, I will forget about using the dry ice and just tough it out with block ice... The referg. will have to wait unit the bimini and dodger which should be in a week or two.
Try this
At home freeze your chicken (steak, fish, etc.) in separate zip-lock bags...enough for one meal each. After it is frozen, put each bag in a large container of water with just the top of the zip-lock sticking out. Freez e it again. Do all of your meat like this. Take one cooler that is designated as "the freezer" and only open it once a day. We kept meat for 13 days. We almost killed ourselves with the carbon monoxide from dry ice. DON'T USE IT. Have a good trip! LL
At home freeze your chicken (steak, fish, etc.) in separate zip-lock bags...enough for one meal each. After it is frozen, put each bag in a large container of water with just the top of the zip-lock sticking out. Freez e it again. Do all of your meat like this. Take one cooler that is designated as "the freezer" and only open it once a day. We kept meat for 13 days. We almost killed ourselves with the carbon monoxide from dry ice. DON'T USE IT. Have a good trip! LL
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