I recently returned for 7 day of crusing in the Pensacola, FL and Perdido Bay, AL area. The morning that I departed home, I loaded up the icebox with 3 frozen milk jugs, and all the stuff that needed to stay cool, I also plugged the bottom drain hole since there would not be any ice melting down. I was really suprised that after returing home and cleaning out the icebox, the 3 gallon jugs were still half frozen. The insulation is all origianl with no additions. There are not to many boats out there, new or old, that can make that claim. I hear a lot of boat owners claiming to only use their "icebox" for dry storage and use a cooler for perishables. Here are two links of photographs of our Pensacola Winter Cruise. I would love to see some more O'Days there next year maybe. http://www.mindspring.com/~benallen1/Pensacola.htm http://www.texassailor.com/pensacola2001.htm Ben Allen Montgomery, AL O'Day 26 "Latte Dah"