Don Cochrane, Burnsville, MN USA asks: What do you carry in the way of provisions? Meat? Veggies? Staples? Can goods Toiletries? "Goodies?" etc. etc. Thanks and fair winds and calm seas. Don Scott Flanders from Egret responds: Don, the short answer is as much as we can stuff aboard. During our U.S. East Coast cruising, provisioning wasn't so much an issue. We did stock up on Costco goodies like their great Canadian maple bacon and large bags of Starbucks French roast. We also loaded heavily for our winters in the Bahamas and further south because of food costs and availability. Here in the Deep South we have stuffed the boat as we said. Food availability and cost in the upcoming South Pacific leg is far between and dear. What is amusing are the few items we still haul from the States in addition to boat goodies: Starbucks, Jiffy crunchy peanut butter, grits and Viva paper towels. Paper goods in Europe and in South America are terrible. Every bag we haul back is right to the weight limit with these add on goodies. We carry four large duffel bags when we return to the States, two are empty. All four are stuffed on return. Ciao
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