Monday, October 29, 2018

Wow, the new icebox is seriously amazing!

The two bags of ice AFTER a weekend. 
 This weekend was another real test of the new icebox since I did the major retrofit with better insulation. We loaded it up with a two bags worth of food that needed refrigeration but had grown warm on the two ferries and car ride in between Bainbridge and Friday Harbor. We bought the two blocks of ice on Saturday morning, loaded it all up and took off to Jones as described below.

We had sausages and yoghurt and all the normal stuff. When we got back to our slip in Friday Harbor at around 1pm on Sunday, and emptied the icebox of food. When we got down to the bottom to retrieve the ice, we were amazed to see it was completely unmelted. Like, brand new. The photos below are from AFTER the overnight trip.

Adding two inches of polyiso all around and an inch of pink foam up top has really done an incredible job of it. Wish I hadn't waited so long.

2 comments:

Never for Ever said...

Success!

Joseph and Cheryl said...

Love your stories. I have 2 kids and a boat in the driveway. Dreaming of summer and getaways like yours. Our's is more of a fishing boat and not really comfortable for 4 to sleep but if I got a sailboat it would be a Gulf Pilothouse. Thanks again for sharing.