I would have to agree with Wayne. Unless you are prepared to drop at least
a boat buck building in a box a little dorm or bar refrigerator like these:
http://www.compactappliance.com/xq/J...rigerators.htm
with the freezer section loaded with blue ice will be under $150.

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Glenn Ashmore

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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I've been spending a lot of time on the boat and schlepping a lot of ice.
A real refrigerator system isn't in the cards on my small and simple
sailboat (I know it can be done but I don't want to carry and feed
batteries of sufficient size).

I only have hot water at the dock when plugged into AC but it works well.
I heat it up just before leaving and it lasts well into the first day,
especially with some motoring. It occurred to me that a similar AC set up
would be a good compromise. I could leave food on the boat for a few days
and have things nice and cold when I put the ice in.

I'd like recommendations or experience with a small, simple, AC only set
up that could be retrofitted into a typical sailboat ice box. If it had
storage cold plates, it would be even cooler, er, neater.

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Roger Long