Boat provisioning guides

How much to buy, how to keep it and what to cook — with numbers from Galley Wizard's planner, not guesswork.

• Provisioning for an Atlantic crossing — food for 3 weeks at seaHow much food to take across the Atlantic, how to keep it, and what to eat first — with a full example for 4 crew from the Canaries to the Caribbean.
• Provisioning a Caribbean charter week — what to buy for 7 daysWhat to buy for a week's charter in the Caribbean, with a full example shopping list for 6 crew from Antigua — local produce, budgets and storage in the heat.
• Provisioning a week's sailing in Mallorca and the BalearicsA week's food for a Mediterranean cruise from Palma: what to buy, what's in season in summer, and a complete example shopping list for 4 crew.
• How much food per person per day on a boat?Real numbers from a meal planner: kilograms of food per person per day for a crossing, a charter week and a Mediterranean week — and why the safety margin matters.
• Provisioning without a fridge — food that keeps on a boatWhich foods keep without refrigeration on a boat, how to store them, and recipes made only from ingredients that need no fridge.
• Make-ahead meals for the first nights of a passageCook in port, freeze in portions, reheat at sea: why make-ahead dinners help on passage, and recipes that freeze well.
• Free toolsProvisioning calculator, water calculator and a printable galley checklist.