We Provision for the Bahamas | Provisioning our Sailboat for 6 months in the Bahamas
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- We provision our sailboat for 6 months of cruising the Bahamas. All provisioning starts with making a meal plan and finding enough space for all provisions on your sailboat!
We struck a happy balance of provisiong what we need, and what will not expire over the next 6 months. We also invest in new tools (Dometic Freezer & Vacume Sealer) to extend the shelf life of our provisions aboard!
A copy of our provisioning spreadsheet is linked on our blog post 👉www.folsomoceanviews.com/prov...
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I realize this is 2 years old now but WOW! The most organized provisioning video I’ve seen yet. Spreadsheet and storage space envy! #monohuller
Love watching these provisioning videos. You are a great planner. I am impressed.
Great Planning. Awesome Heroes..!
Oh man, you are a TROOPER - not only doing all that work while sick, but filming it too? *tip of the hat* I hope you feel better soon! Your spreadsheet is a thing of absolute beauty! I use spreadsheets for all my projects that was a work of art. I can't wait to follow your coming adventures. Great video!!!!
Great stuff guys love the planning that you go into
Thanks Neil! fingers corssed it was worth it 🤞😃
Thanks for sharing this video! I really enjoyed it! Your boat is stunning ❤️
Thanks! I love her, so happy that this is the one we ended up with 💙
Great video guys! Your videos turn out great even when your not feeling a good! You guys are very organized. Looking forward to seeing you guys on water sailing again. Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks!! I am ALMOST recovered 🙌🏻
Excellent provisioning. Appreciated the detail. I definitely picked up a few more ideas to complement my own system. Looking into the almond milk concept as well. Bravo 👏👏👏
Another great video I hope you feel better quickly. The bonus footage of the photographers reflection showing was great showing really how its done. Interesting showing how all of this works and how much goes into it. Best of luck always.
Hahah. I saw that when I was editing and thought it was pretty funny as well. DM me if there is anything we can bring down for you when we come!
Ty guys great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well guys, this has to be one of my favorite episodes you’ve made. That spreadsheet is GOLD!
Thanks so much!! your adventures in provisiong are about to start! so excited for you 💃🙌⛵️
Hope you feel much better now Jess. Wow that’s some work & planning y’all put into. I’m sure it’s all worth it in the long run and will pay off.
Finally better 🙌 but man, it took a while! We are setting sail this weekend, and nothing feels better than being healthy and headed south!!
Love the spread sheet! Would love to see some of your recipes shared on your website. My husband and I seem to eat very similar to you all. We usually have morning protein shakes and really like "taco (fish or chicken) bowls".
Sheesh!! I admire those who have the patience and discipline of organizing a spreadsheet! I just don’t have the right personality to sit and focus like that but sort of wish I did! Would def make meal planning lots easier! Hats off to you girl!
Thanks!!! I was going crazy putting it together and thought about tossing in the towel a few times 😂. Hopefully it was worth it.
Thank you!!
You're so very welcome 🙌
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Thank you! Cheers 🤘
Hope you’re feeling better Jes - as always super interesting on practicalities and challenges. That’s a mega spreadsheet 😀
Finally better!!! And good thing too, because we are SAILING this weekend ⛵️
@@FolsomOceanViews go enjoy 🏝⛵️⛵️
Hope you're feeling better! I'm terrible at meal planning for a week, let alone 6 months! Also - vacuum sealing and freezing meat is so convenient, even when you're not on a boat. We bought a freezer to put in the garage just for frozen meat.
I cant beleive we never did this before (even in our land life)! FINALLY feeling better... But of course, I gave it to Charles.
This is what we get for traveling! We went to Chicago last week, and it was our first time being arround so many people in over a year. So, I guess its to be expeceted 🤷♀️
She really is a hero, do all that when she is sick.... no man’s work...thank god for strong women🤟👌🏻🤟
This made my day!! Thanks so much 🤘💃
Wow, talk about a trooper. I hope you started to feel better soon after you got to the point you posted. The built in fridges must not circulate the air like a residential does. I learned the hard way not to put a bunch of unfrozen meat in our chest freezer all at one time. It is at 10 below zero still once the middle part froze it had started to go bad so I freeze all our meat in the side by side as its does it quick, like a blast freezer, then out to the chest freezer. Problem solved. Somehow I doubt it would work for milk though. Finally, I wish I was good enough to be able to do what you did with the spreadsheet. It is apparently above my pay grade. Again, I hope you feel better. Thank you and be safe. 👍👍
Hi Ron!! I finally am feeling much better, tanks for the well wishes 🙌. It seems that boat fridges/freezers just take time for their owners to learn their peculiarities. One day we will figure it out!
You both post really helpful insight into the necessary provisioning. As someone who has spent much of the last 28 years traveling/working in the Caribbean and further I will watch with interest as you provision in the future. I have found that my diet changes dramatically according to where I am at. I feel the locals live on a different diet, can it be worth changing? First change will be seafood, as a mainstay, much more of it and always fresh or fresh caught. Lime is used everywhere, from seasoning the seafood to sterilizing the salad greens. They do have chicken processing in the Bahamas, but not recommended. I don't even look for beef or pork.
The best advice I would give, is to not judge the Caribbean based on Nassau, just keep sailing and you will find paradise in the most unexpected islands, coves and harbors... and get used to paradise found on the hook.
Hope you recovered quickly. I am sure you figured out how close you were to Costco. That'd be a super close drive/Uber ride from that marina. These videos are so good for putting the whole process in perspective and I need to show my wife this one, as it was great. We have rented a Cat for a trip in early 2022 to get a taste of this life and hopefully it is in our future! Love your boat, but after seeing the 45, I am torn. She packs super heavy and I think we will need the space or you'd only see a mast at the dock.
The 45 is a wonderful boat - we didnt have the $$ for it, but if I did, I would have got one!!
The nice thing about costco and instacart is that we dont have a membership - and dont need to pay for one if we use Instacart, so that puts money back in our pocket!
@@FolsomOceanViews. Did not know this. Thanks 👍🏻
9:00 mark...Behind you.... "The Variety Store" Absolutely a must in Charleston SC.
A bold statement for a city that is packed with the most amazing food! We will have to give it a try 🙌🏻
Derrin on Too Short had a simple mod to improve the fridge efficiency on their Leopard 46. Mebbe there's something for you in that. Anyways, enjoy, enjoy. Cant wait for next week
Thanks!! We will look into it! It is really pretty good, but just not what we are accustom to in a "home" rerfigerator.
Interesting look at the prep before lighting out into the territory!
Now that the prep has started, I ABSOLUTLY can not wait to get there!!
@@FolsomOceanViews when y'all store your boat in FL, does the dock keep it powered or is it 100% 'disconnected'?
We will keep it on shore Power, but trun most systems off so that we dont have to worry about what happens if they fail while we are away! Things like climate control will remain on to make sure mold doesnt take over everything onboard!
Just found/ran across ya'lls channel, we are "considering" doing the same, but were old farts, no sailing experience, but then again I didn't learn to fly and get my pilots license until I turned 60, at 62 we flew from Kansas to the Bahamas and were awestruck seeing al the sail boats along the Exuma chain, and thought wouldn't that be cool? So in February we are meeting up with Just Catamarans to do a little window shopping, then who knows! Love ya'lls channel, watching some earlier videos now!!! Oh and subbed!!!
Thanks for the sub! and LOVE your story 💙. Charles wanted to learn how to fly, but I suggested sailing instead. So here we are 4 years later. If you learned to fly, sailing shouldn’t be too difficult to pick up. As with everything, you learn and get better with each passage.
We love the guys at just cats! They did a TON of the work on our boat earlier this year, and we could not be happier with the results. Good Luck with your shopping and let us know if you find something or if you end up back in the Bahamas next year!!
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Will do, thanks for the reply!!!
I enjoyed this video and found it interesting how much planning goes into your trip/adventure to the Bahamas! By the end, I was thinking about how much dog food must have been needed, and what you must use almond milk for? Further, not having a boat, only the dream of a boat, I find it enlightening the different storage places/areas...a whole new concept of living! Thanks for opening my mind to the possibilities!
I was so worried about the dogs running out of food last year, I think we came back with 5 extra bags 😂. We use almond or oat "milk" in place of dairy milk for most things (other than baking). I use it in my coffee, for cereal, and every day for milk/protein shakes. I know some people use it for baking as well, but I am a horrible baker, so I need to stick to the recipe as written 🍪😂👩🏻🍳
@@FolsomOceanViews Thank you for your reply! Also, can I ask about the water maker? Does the water pass the taste test? How often do you have to change the filters and so on?
Looks good! Who knew 🤔 taking an Excel class first would help with sailing. Hope you're feeling better!
Dont get milk in the islands, get parmalat. Doesn’t need to be refrigerated, also butter can be frozen
Why not we have everything here the only problem is that it may be a lil bit more expensive because it have to be ship and customs paid
I've heard many things we normally refrigerate in the US aren't elsewhere or while sailing (Condiments etc). Do you buy smaller jars than you would normally on land because of this?
Hauling such weights is difficult when you shoot and even worse when you are sick. You should invest in a go pro and head bands for such footage as it makes life lot easier when shooting. Plus it's waterproof and can go with you in your adventures in water. Hope you guys have a great season ahead in the Bahamas 😀
Good idea! We have one, but I think my brain was only working at like 50% copaisity at the time of filming 😅
Will see you next week, bye for now.
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guys are you starting from Charleston SC ??? the pier is very similar to the one I saw a month ago
YES! We love Charleston and it is our boat's home during Hurricane season 👍
Just out of curiosity, now that you’ve been on this boat for over a year we have a few questions. What are your thoughts on the beds on your boat - such as (1) does it bother you to have to crawl into the bed instead of walking around to get in and out? (2) is it easy to make up the bed or do you just not bother?(3) do you have issues with the mattress being located over the engine? (4) and lastly how hard is it to do maintenance on the engines - do you have to pull up the mattress to perform daily maintenance? We are in the process of looking for a boat and while we aren’t looking for a sail boat we are interested in a power cat. Thanks so much for your videos. Keep ‘‘em coming!
I am like you...power cat for me! A whole new concept of living!
Limited range though...diesel no...solar, batteries, electric, yes!
Such good questions! I will answer in order 👉
1 - I thought it would bother me to have to crawl in, but honestly it doesn’t phase me at all. I suppose if I had knee trouble, it might be annoying, but you can always scoot on your bum?!
2 - It's easy to get the covers straight so your not sleeping in a tornado of covers, but tucking everything in is a task only preformed for visitors.
3 - The engines on our Leopard (40 - 2017) are outside next to the sugar scoops. Under our starboard side cabin are the fuel tanks, and under the Port side is the water maker.
4 - We do have to pull up the mattress to get to the fuel tanks and water heaters. Its annoying, and we typically have one of us hold it out of the way, or just take it fully off so we can work unencumbered. It's not hard to get on and off, so its no trouble if you are going to be working for some time. Getting into the engine bays is shockingly easy. Our friend is 6'4 and was surprised by how much space he had to work down there.
Power Cat's are an amazing way to travel and have some room to spread out!! Good luck on your search 🙌
@@FolsomOceanViews GO BRAVES!!!!
YES!! Charles was OVER THE MOON excited. He had season tickets for years and years, and never got to see a season like this, but we were able to stream the games from the boat, and were on cloud 9!!
Just curious if you can provide your provisioning list as my wife and I will be provisioning our first time next month for 6 months in the Bahamas as well. Maybe well run across paths.
Yes! I will work on getting it posted on our blog over the weekend and update you once it's there! The Bahamas are a very small world, I am sure we will see you out there 🙌
I have finally posted the spreadsheet with formulas on our blog (find link at the bottom of the post) 👉 bit.ly/3npwdmc. I hope you find it helpful for your future adventures!!
How about the multi-vitamins and mineral pills? I now take the Kirkland brand from Costco. Prior, I've been on the Jamieson brand for ages until they no longer had minerals in their pill. This was the reason I switched over to the Kirkland brand. 💡
Health and beauty is a whole different list 😜 I probably won’t cover it on the channel, but yes to multi-vitamins!!! So important when you are drinking RO water. Most municipalities add vital minerals to water, that we just don’t get on the boat!
Love your videos! Trying to get my girlfriend into the whole liveaboard thing, but it's an uphill battle. When you find yourself in a squall, aren't you constantly worried about that 65 foot lightening rod above you?
Tell her to join the party: life is better on the water 🙌🏻 We don’t really worry about lightning because the boat is grounded in the water. So we’ll be fine… our devices get tucked into the oven in an attempt to protect them in case we do get hit. We make sure to have paper charts and flashlights ready - just in case!
Anyway you can make your provisioning spreadsheet available for future sailors?
Yes! I am going to get it up on our blog over the weekend, and I will post an update here on the channel when it is live!
I have finally posted the spreadsheet with formulas on our blog (find link at the bottom of the post) 👉 bit.ly/3npwdmc. I hope you find it helpful for your future adventures!!
I hope you two are able to save some cash with the freezer. We found that a pound of ground beef in Nassau was about $9-13. In the Abacos we saw four small Sirloin steaks for something like $289.00. We were utterly shocked. Let us just say that a pound of most meats costs at least 5 dollars more a pound. So if you can take 70 pounds then you will save about 350 dollars. I don't know if you have convertable fridge/freezers, but freezers sure help out. I'm sure one of your drawers is a freezer as well. We kept a regular cooler and froze those blue ice chest blocks for a big cooler for refrigeration. Freeze a couple, and use a couple on rotation. I think for our family of 6 we got about 100 lbs in our boat freezer and the ice chest freezer. 100lbs lasted about two "monthsish," relying heavily on pastas and small amounts of meat in dishes. I hope the wiring to support your freezer isn't a pain$$$...Oh I signed up for Patreon finally.
I remember that It was you that told us to get one last year, and we just couldnt get it done in time before we left. We ran out of meat after 3 months, and the last half of our trip was in the Exumas where the markets had plenty of options. But we would have saved $$$ and time by having the ability to store more on board. Thats the other huge bennifit, having more cold storage means that we will be able to buy more once supplied dwindle, therefore cutting out the need to shop as often. I am BEYOND excited! Thanks for the reccomendation!! And welcome to our pateron! You can see the cost of the freezer on last months finance recap 👍 Thanks so much for the support, we are thrilled that you would donoate!
@@FolsomOceanViews You remembered I suggested it. That makes me feel appreciated, thank you so much. Oh I wanted to say it's not only meats that are good for the freezer. Most cheeses are great too. I noticed on the receipt you showed in the video that a pack of cheese slices was 7 dollars and change. You can get things like that for 1.59 at Aldi's here in the states. We had lots of block cheeses and a flat cheese shredder and we never ran out of shredded cheese. The sad tradeoff is that frozen items usually don't taste quite as good as fresh, but having to find something for a meal can be a big hassel in places with not many options. We planned our meals too, and even took like pastas and vacuum packed portions along with the meat portion written on the package. You can use regular freezer bags with the sealer too. There are lots of videos on here on how to use them instead of the more expensive ones.
Hmmm…. I would just plan for steaks, steaks and ground beef…maybe a few pork chops…. Maybe a separate freezer for other stuff like frozen veggies. I wonder how much room for HP sauce…. Maybe change size of boat? Definitely bigger boat with more freezer space. Although, I wonder if anyone ever went cruising with frozen dinners only, or those military MRE’s other shorthanded or solo sailors.
Hahaha 🤣 if it can be done, a sailor out there has attempted it!!
I hope you put a board down over that storage bin before you dropped a pillow over it. You might get an unplanned try out of hiding in the compartment. I hope you get well quickly.
That was the bench cover for our settee in the galley. It’s manufactured to fit over the storage locker and provide a nice cushion on the other side to sit upon! Boat manufacturers have gotten very creative with storage 🙌🏻
You should make sure you get enough vitamin c. It's good for your immune system.
I think I heard y'all say you want to learn to spear fish. You will save a fortune on fish and lobster without needing a lot of skill built up.
Meat and veggies and really all supplies are expensive if you buy the stuff you are used to getting in the states.
The other cruisers can lead you to the right market to get local stuff and local brands. That may help.
Yes! 100% want to start doing this and part of the reason is to help with cost/provisions. While the other part is just darn good food and activity! I agree that if you try to go like for like with what you eat in the states, you will likely pay more than you were expecting. Last year, red peppers were at 6.50/lb but green peppers were a normal price! So we just switched our diet to what seemed to be more local fare, and that really did help a ton!
How do you feel about sharing that spreadsheet?!
Happy to!! I will get it posted on the blog and update you here when it’s up 👍
I have finally posted the spreadsheet with formulas on our blog (find link at the bottom of the post) 👉 bit.ly/3npwdmc. I hope you find it helpful for your future adventures!!
@@FolsomOceanViews YAY! Thank you!!!
I hate the metric system , I much prefer Imperial!
However , I`m fluent in both . (Does that make me a metro-sexual?)
Here`s a little rhyme to help you out, Charles, "A litre of water`s a pint and three quarters, two and a quarter pounds of jam, weighs about a kilogram"😎
And I didn`t see a column for Pusser`s rum on that spreadsheet, young lady. More effort is required, down and give me twenty!
BZ though Jess, the old cliche about failing to plan is planning to fail, is not actually a cliche after all. Any one who served is familiar with the seven Ps. Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance and you did plan, you did prepare.
There`ll be things you missed, things you overlooked, of course there will. But you gave it your best effort. From where I`m looking, you did good.
The Bahamas are calling you, wish I was up there meself.
Fair winds, safe travels, and get some rum india ;)
Take it easy guys xx
P.S. How do you milk an almond? Asking for a friend.
LOVE THE RHYME and the 7P's! And you have a shrewd eye my friend... all spirit provisioning will be done a little later.... Thank goodness we still have room on the boat 💃🍹🙌
Its very difficult - their utters are very hard to find 😂
I live in the bahamas and I think we have meat here no different from the states remember now the bahamas I not like other Caribbean countries we are free to travel to the states just like you so don't lie talking about we don't have meat in our stores come on now
Hey Jason! Undoubtedly some stores we found were incredibly well stocked!! But we found that not every store on every island had everything on their shelves.
I’m sure some islands had more options, but we are constrained by not having a car. We can only get to where our feet can take us! We absolutely love the Bahamas and are so excited to visit and learn more about your islands (and your shops) in the coming year!