FL 120 2K26 Pt 2 of 2 . . . .

[Charles Brennan]

Noemi, Your comment:

Maybe take less stuff that needs to be kept cold?

I had already cut out meats, salads, Portabella Mushrooms, cheeses, etc. from the ice chest.
It's really just beverages, now.
Not really sure I can hack room temperature (or worse!) water and Gatorade, to say nothing of the carbonated beverages. 
A large thermos of ice-water mitigates beverage storage a lot, until it runs out.
I came back with 8 beverages, (4 waters, 2 Gatorades, & two cans of soda) which sounds like over-packing, except those are also emergency liquids, in case I got stuck somewhere, for some reason.
I really like the form factor, of the cooler my son gifted me for my last birthday, but I used to go 2 -3 days on ice (on a much bigger cooler) and now can only go for 1 day of ice.

Doug, Once again, ahead of me on the equipment curve! (Tents, coolers, etc.) Thanks for the links.
12 volt refrigerators are a non-starter for me, for two reasons:
1) Will start putting me over my calculated energy consumption curve and I'm happy, at being at near-equilibrium.
2) The sizes, are all as big as the 53 Qt. cooler I used to use on Urchin.
I could use that same cooler aboard the Irish Pennant, it's just that I'm afraid it would get in the way and require a lot more moving everything around, to deal with it.

That Norwegian Oyster cooler really got my attention.
Being half the cost of my SAIL,    also got my attention.
Going to have to ponder that one . . . . . .

Thanks all,
Charles Brennan

[Noemi - Ensenada 20]

Not really sure I can hack room temperature (or worse!) water and Gatorade, to say nothing of the carbonated beverages.

Could you maybe freeze the bottles of drinks, to use them to keep themselves cool?