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Old 01 July 2018, 07:42   #1
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How to have ice cold water all day on your boat

In this current heat having plenty of water is essential to keep hydrated while out on your boat, ice cold water is very refreshing on a hot day but for those of us without fridges how do you keep the water cold ?

Here is my method that I have recently tried and it works a treat.

Needed, two large bottles of water, one empty and one full, a bottle cool bag.

Method - Needs to be done the night before
1. Pour about half the water from the full bottle into the empty bottle
2. Place one of those bottles in the fridge and the other in the freezer, the one in the freezer sit it length wise at about 30 degrees. (so ice doesn't fill the spout when freezing)
4. The day of your boat trip remove bottles from fridge and freezer, the freezer bottle should now be frozen, top up the freezer bottle with water from the bottle from the fridge but leave a couple of inches free in the spout.
5. Place full bottle in the bottle cool bag and enjoy ice cold water all day long on your boat.

It works well, I even still had ice in the bottle after a full day out.
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Old 01 July 2018, 16:02   #2
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Old 01 July 2018, 22:02   #3
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I just freeze a bottle of water about 80% full the night before. It slowly defrosts, if not quick enough I top up with other water. Even more simple
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Yup simply freeze a bottle of water about 80% full and leave it in the sun
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We simply keep our drinks in the fish esky with crushed ice, we have to carry ice all year round to stop fish spoiling. I can also run my 12 volt camping freezer onboard if I want.
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You'll need to translate Esky..!
Cool Box (UK)
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Boristhebold that's Pure genius - how did you come up with such an innovative idea, I just want to know what to do with the bottle from the fridge, also I have one nearly full bottle with a mix of ice and water and an almost empty bottle of fridge water.

You maybe overly complicating a very simple task. Takes 2 bottle of water from the fridge - please in cool bag with some ice packs - close bag and take boating.
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Boristhebold that's Pure genius - how did you come up with such an innovative idea, I just want to know what to do with the bottle from the fridge, also I have one nearly full bottle with a mix of ice and water and an almost empty bottle of fridge water.

You maybe overly complicating a very simple task. Takes 2 bottle of water from the fridge - please in cool bag with some ice packs - close bag and take boating.


Oooh! Are you sure you're not from Yorkshire? [emoji23]
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Boristhebold that's Pure genius - how did you come up with such an innovative idea, I just want to know what to do with the bottle from the fridge, also I have one nearly full bottle with a mix of ice and water and an almost empty bottle of fridge water.

You maybe overly complicating a very simple task. Takes 2 bottle of water from the fridge - please in cool bag with some ice packs - close bag and take boating.
I'm 'cool' (see what I did there! ) with the mechanics for cold water on the boat, but struggle with hot fluids, tried on numerous occasions the traditional style mug, but always spill a bit in the car on the way to the boat (and end up with a wet car seat ) and by the time I get parked, rowed the tender out to my little boat, scrambled onboard with all my kit including my once hot drink its only luke-warm - that is the dribble of tea that's still left in the bottom of the mug, I wonder if Boris could invent a insulated bottle like thingy that kept drinks hot, non-spill, maybe a screw cap, a self contained cup and even a bloody handle on the side - now there's an idea, if only something like that was available..................... come-on Boris, get your inventing hat on, you must be able to help
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Oh dear... I find myself about to defend Boris, unfamiliar territory for me.

I encountered the frozen bottle technique on a Cemetery Tour in New Orleans back in 2001. Temps were over 40C and the Guide carried a frozen water bottle that had barely melted after 60 mins.

I've used this approach when hiking in hot climes and have attracted favourable comment from other hikers for 10 years, so obviously not everyone has cottoned on yet. It still surprises me how long a 500ml bottle stays frozen over the course of a long day in a rucksack.

An (obvious to some) refinement is to use the frozen water bottles in a coldbag, replacing the traditional glycol packs, thus keeping yer lunch cold and providing a refreshing drink as well. Space saver!
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Oh dear... I find myself about to defend Boris, unfamiliar territory for me.

I encountered the frozen bottle technique on a Cemetery Tour in New Orleans back in 2001. Temps were over 40C and the Guide carried a frozen water bottle that had barely melted after 60 mins.

I've used this approach when hiking in hot climes and have attracted favourable comment from other hikers for 10 years, so obviously not everyone has cottoned on yet. It still surprises me how long a 500ml bottle stays frozen over the course of a long day in a rucksack.

An (obvious to some) refinement is to use the frozen water bottles in a coldbag, replacing the traditional glycol packs, thus keeping yer lunch cold and providing a refreshing drink as well. Space saver!
Thank you Willk, and for those critics ..... the main point I was trying to make was that the method I use ensures cold water all day whereas cool bags etc do not, having half frozen bottle and then topping up with fridge water ensures cold water available from the get go, if you just freeze a bottle the bottle will split in the freezer if full when it goes in due to ice expanding and if only 80% full then you will have to wait for the ice to melt somewhat before you get a drink.
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All this nancying around with ice cold water.
Can't stand you lily-livered lot!
Drink seawater, like I do. Never done me any harm.
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All this nancying around with ice cold water.
Can't stand you lily-livered lot!
Drink seawater, like I do. Never done me any harm.
Like your thinking , now, any ideas on keeping drinks hot?
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Hot drinks are for wimps.
You don't see Gordon Gecko drinking tea do you?
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All this nancying around with ice cold water.
Can't stand you lily-livered lot!
Drink seawater, like I do. Never done me any harm.

I like your style ............



However, it should probably be pointed out that actually drinking sea water will send you into severe dehydration and your BP will go sky high in a very short time .......... drinking Pee is probably less harmful
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God help us...... how many more posts can we have about freezing a bottle of water.


Soon we will be having someone come on and tell us all how to make a jam sandwich
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Well first you have to make the bread.....the choice of flour is absolutely key and some swear by using water that's been previously frozen to clarify the impurities.....
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Soon we will be having someone come on and tell us all how to make a jam sandwich


Or how to pee into a gallon can[emoji6]
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God help us...... how many more posts can we have about freezing a bottle of water.
Surely given your aversion to sunshine, you'd have an interest?
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