Sailing and cooking, good advice for lazarette on a boat

© C. Fernbach

Sailing is good, but a full belly is better. Whether you're going out to sea for a week's holiday or a long-distance trip, you'll need a functional, thoughtful and well-equipped kitchen. Here are a few tips to keep your belly full and your spirits up, whatever the sea state.

Even the largest boats have a lazarette much less equipped than most houses. Limited space, constant movement, humidity and limited resources can turn the galley on board into hell in the middle of paradise.

However, a thoughtful organization and judicious choices will allow you to achieve prowess in the lazarette. Here are a few basic tips, gleaned over time and through meetings. Don't hesitate to share your experiences and suggestions with us, because each boat and each sailing program is unique.

We'll see first what are the choices to be made and what are the essentials from the edge. How to choose the right utensils for the cambuse?? And what are the really useful equipment and polyvalents??

The lazarette in navigation: the essentials and choices

Next, we will discuss waste management and safety . How do you deal with trash cans knowing that they stay at bord? for a long time? How to avoid the most accidents dangereux??

The lazarette on the water: the pleasure of cooking, safety and rubbish

And finally, we will focus on the organization of the lazarette . Not to mention a few tips on how to improve life on board. How to store the bunkering, what logic suivre?? Should we restrict ourselves to everything prix??

The lazarette in navigation: organization and tips

We invite you to enrich this dossier with your experiences and contributions that you can share through the comments at the bottom of the articles.

And to find out more about the food aspect of the galley on board, please take a look at our reportage: The kitchen on board.

Refuelling, tips on how to fill your lazarette properly

Plan your bunkering for a long cruise

Cruising at sea: How to equip yourself to cook at bord??

More articles on the theme