I just bought a H29.5 which has an ice box. I am assuming the best way to use the ice box is to buy block ice and load that in the bottom of the box. Will it be necessary to section off part of the box and use cubed ice around items needed to be kept frozen? I will be using it for weekend sailing primarily. Any advice, lessons learned on keeping food fresh/frozen would be appreciated.
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Upgrade to a refridgeration unit.
Rich: Depending on what you putting in the icebox determines how you may want to load it. If you have a tray/rack in the box, you can place the block of ice on it. The cold air sinks so everything on the bottom will stay cold. Something to remember is that things on the bottom are also going to get wet. If you have things that are frozen, you can put them in a tupperware type of container and place them directly on the ice weather it be on the rack or on the bottom of the box. They tend to stay pretty frozen. We put things that we don't want to get wet in some type of container or zip lock bags. The other option to block ice is to use either milk jugs or soda bottles with lids. Freeze these in your freezer at home (without the lids on) and then just place them around the box. They serve two purposes, first as the ice that you need and then they provide drinking water as they thaw. One of the best upgrades that we did to our boat was to add refridgeration to the boat. This is not cheap but makes life much nicer. We used a Technautic Marine unit and love it. It has a holding plate and like any type of unit requires adequate battery power. So in addition to the unit that you purchase you need to add some more battery power too. Then you may want to isolate these batteries from your house bank and starting batteries (that's up to you). You should also be sure that your battery charger is up to the chore of charging 3-4 batteries.
Rich: Depending on what you putting in the icebox determines how you may want to load it. If you have a tray/rack in the box, you can place the block of ice on it. The cold air sinks so everything on the bottom will stay cold. Something to remember is that things on the bottom are also going to get wet. If you have things that are frozen, you can put them in a tupperware type of container and place them directly on the ice weather it be on the rack or on the bottom of the box. They tend to stay pretty frozen. We put things that we don't want to get wet in some type of container or zip lock bags. The other option to block ice is to use either milk jugs or soda bottles with lids. Freeze these in your freezer at home (without the lids on) and then just place them around the box. They serve two purposes, first as the ice that you need and then they provide drinking water as they thaw. One of the best upgrades that we did to our boat was to add refridgeration to the boat. This is not cheap but makes life much nicer. We used a Technautic Marine unit and love it. It has a holding plate and like any type of unit requires adequate battery power. So in addition to the unit that you purchase you need to add some more battery power too. Then you may want to isolate these batteries from your house bank and starting batteries (that's up to you). You should also be sure that your battery charger is up to the chore of charging 3-4 batteries.
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david lewis
Ice Box Rules
Freeze the food Put in bottom of ice box standing upright Put block ice on top Cover with an insulation material As food unfreezes cook it Eat the cooked food and save the leftovers back in the cooler Never ever keep drinks in your food cooler, you will open it so often all your ice and food will melt. Dave
Freeze the food Put in bottom of ice box standing upright Put block ice on top Cover with an insulation material As food unfreezes cook it Eat the cooked food and save the leftovers back in the cooler Never ever keep drinks in your food cooler, you will open it so often all your ice and food will melt. Dave
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John Vasey
Ice Box
Hi Rich, we have a Legend 35 with no refridge unit, we freeze water in 1 to 2 gallon jugs and use them in our ice box, this also provides fresh drinking water as it melts which I mix with crown royal! These ice blocks stay frozen for many days. John Vasey Commodore LOHSA
Hi Rich, we have a Legend 35 with no refridge unit, we freeze water in 1 to 2 gallon jugs and use them in our ice box, this also provides fresh drinking water as it melts which I mix with crown royal! These ice blocks stay frozen for many days. John Vasey Commodore LOHSA
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Rich Campbell
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Dale Jackson
ice box
Do yourself a favor. Lose the ice and install the frigoboat keel cooler. It is absolutely silent and has actually frozen coke cans in my box until I learned to keep the dial at #2.
Do yourself a favor. Lose the ice and install the frigoboat keel cooler. It is absolutely silent and has actually frozen coke cans in my box until I learned to keep the dial at #2.
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Bill Thomas
icebox
The small vertical ColdMachine will doan excellant job of chilling the 29.5 icebox. In the long run you will actually save money by saving the expense of ice.
The small vertical ColdMachine will doan excellant job of chilling the 29.5 icebox. In the long run you will actually save money by saving the expense of ice.
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Bob Zolczer
Question for Bill Thomas
Bill, where does one mount the compressor on the 29.5? I have a 29.5 and my wife would dearly love refrigeration.
Bill, where does one mount the compressor on the 29.5? I have a 29.5 and my wife would dearly love refrigeration.
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