jobs afloat, supporting the addiction.
 

hi
i was cruising around a remote part of the coastline last week and struck
up a friendship with a couple who supplement their income by selling hot
coffee, from their yacht. their customers include kayakers and surfers,
and anyone else who happens to smell the roasting coffee. i manage to get
by fixing computers etc for folk afloat.

what other novel ways do cruising folk help pay for the addiction?

cheers
bruce

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bruce wrote in message
.. .
hi
i was cruising around a remote part of the coastline last week
and struck
up a friendship with a couple who supplement their income by
selling hot
coffee, from their yacht. their customers include kayakers and
surfers,
and anyone else who happens to smell the roasting coffee. i
manage to get
by fixing computers etc for folk afloat.

what other novel ways do cruising folk help pay for the
addiction?

Doing oil changes, unblocking heads, unwinding ropes from props
and diving to clear anchors for those who don't realise that
that's what sailing is all about.

JimB, Yacht Rapaz, sadly, for sale:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.bae...cification.htm

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I have a friend who supported ICW migration for many years by doing
transcription typing (receiving audio tapes, sending back floppies). They had a
computer, with a laser printer in the '80s. The fall of the Soviet Empire ended
that; now she does knitting.

Did you really mean to say "roasting"? As far as I know, I'm the only one who
roasts coffee on board. Its actually quite easy - 8 minutes in a $25 Whirly-Pop
on the BBQ gives you half a pound of the freshest coffee you can get. Very high
quality "green" beans are cheaper than mediocre roasted, and they stay good over
a year until they're roasted. The Whirly-Pop Also makes great popcorn.

"bruce" wrote in message
.. .
hi
i was cruising around a remote part of the coastline last week and struck
up a friendship with a couple who supplement their income by selling hot
coffee, from their yacht. their customers include kayakers and surfers,
and anyone else who happens to smell the roasting coffee. i manage to get
by fixing computers etc for folk afloat.

what other novel ways do cruising folk help pay for the addiction?

cheers
bruce

jobs afloat, supporting the addiction.
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:54:52 -0500, "Jeff Morris"
wrote:

The Whirly-Pop Also makes great popcorn.

Uh, I *grind* my own, and given that coffee is a little oily, wouldn't
your self-roasted bean popper produce Java-flavoured popcorn? Even
after a good wash, my grinder still smells of beans somewhat.

R.

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Or popcorn flavored java?

No, I never noticed it, though I'm careful to thoroughly wash when shifting
uses. The coffee is roasted "dry" and I generally stop the roast before oils
emerge (City Roast, stopped just at the beginning of "second crack"). Popcorn
is popped "wet" (I use grapeseed oil now), so I have to be careful to remove the
oil before going back to coffee. If I didn't, the extreme heat or roasting
(about 450 degrees) would burn it off pretty fast.

The three downsides of roasting this way are 1) a *lot* of smoke - enough so
that I don't roast in a marina (most don't allow running the BBQ anyways); and
2) after the roast, a "cooldown is needed - basically pouring back and forth
between two colanders. This also allows the "chaff" (a paper-like coating on
the beans) to blow away. 3) I usually get impatient and stop the roast slightly
early - its hard to see the beans, and I usually did it late in the day.

For those interested in home roasting, this is the definitive site:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/
and the Whirly-Pop:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.stovetop-popper.shtml



"rhys" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:54:52 -0500, "Jeff Morris"
wrote:

The Whirly-Pop Also makes great popcorn.

Uh, I *grind* my own, and given that coffee is a little oily, wouldn't
your self-roasted bean popper produce Java-flavoured popcorn? Even
after a good wash, my grinder still smells of beans somewhat.

R.

jobs afloat, supporting the addiction.
 

Up on Thetis Island, there's a wonderful coffee shop not far from the harbor.

They have an old time coffee roasting machine named "Gertrude."

Several times a year they roast peanuts in Gertrude to clean the works. There's
apparently a standing list of people waiting a turn to buy the coffee flavored
roasted peanuts.

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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:19:06 +1300, bruce wrote:

hi
i was cruising around a remote part of the coastline last week and struck
up a friendship with a couple who supplement their income by selling hot
coffee, from their yacht. their customers include kayakers and surfers,
and anyone else who happens to smell the roasting coffee. i manage to get
by fixing computers etc for folk afloat.

They can be arrested and fined heavily for not having a DHEC
restaurant permit in SC. It's about sanitation. I'm always hesitant
to drink from someone else's water tank, myself. You never know whos
water was put in there, how and the tank's unsanitary condition. I've
met many boaters who haven't a clue that deadly things can breed and
grow in there.....yecch.

what other novel ways do cruising folk help pay for the addiction?

I do electronics, electricals, batteries and charging for fun and
profit, here. I'll be doing a Catalina 47 that got hit by lightning
as soon as the electronics is back from the manufacturers. We'll be
replacing the melted cables, wiring and panels. Isn't pulling wire
through a boat with no conduits or pull strings and wire just pushed
behind panels fun?!....(c;

"Yacht Standards" my a$$. The cheaper boats look like they were wired
by Bubba in some garage behind a wrecking yard.



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

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On 19 Mar 2004 02:40:33 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Up on Thetis Island, there's a wonderful coffee shop not far from the harbor.

They have an old time coffee roasting machine named "Gertrude."

Several times a year they roast peanuts in Gertrude to clean the works. There's
apparently a standing list of people waiting a turn to buy the coffee flavored
roasted peanuts.

Ah, fresh-roasted peanuts so hot you can't hold them in your hand.
There's been a family who grow their own peanuts and roast them in an
ancient peanut roaster that has been converted to bottled gas in the
Ladson, SC, fleamarket for 20 years. SC is famous for boiled peanuts.
They sell them on every 5th intersection from vats of propane-boiled
water. But, I'm a roast kinda guy, myself.

Maybe I'll spend Saturday morning at the fleamarket, this week,
walking around with a pound of hot peanuts and looking at the same
rusty junk that has been on those tables since 1966....(c;



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

jobs afloat, supporting the addiction.
 

most everything worth worrying about in food is killed by getting the food temp
above 180*.

In fact, the FDA recommends boiling for 20 minutes as a safety factor for
suspect foods in times of emergencies.

I'd drink someone else's coffee if they were drinking it. If I were worried
about it, I would bring my own cup.

state health regulations are state health regulations, and violating them to
make a buck seems like trouble not needed.

hi
i was cruising around a remote part of the coastline last week and struck
up a friendship with a couple who supplement their income by selling hot
coffee, from their yacht. their customers include kayakers and surfers,
and anyone else who happens to smell the roasting coffee. i manage to get
by fixing computers etc for folk afloat.

They can be arrested and fined heavily for not having a DHEC
restaurant permit in SC. It's about sanitation. I'm always hesitant
to drink from someone else's water tank, myself. You never know whos
water was put in there, how and the tank's unsanitary condition. I've
met many boaters who haven't a clue that deadly things can breed and
grow in there.....yecch.

what other novel ways do cruising folk help pay for the addiction?

I do electronics, electricals, batteries and charging for fun and
profit, here. I'll be doing a Catalina 47 that got hit by lightning
as soon as the electronics is back from the manufacturers. We'll be
replacing the melted cables, wiring and panels. Isn't pulling wire
through a boat with no conduits or pull strings and wire just pushed
behind panels fun?!....(c;

"Yacht Standards" my a$$. The cheaper boats look like they were wired
by Bubba in some garage behind a wrecking yard.



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

jobs afloat, supporting the addiction.
 

now there's a thing, we do that here too (new zealand) followed by a visit
to the hardware store, with the same junk thats been sitting
there since 66 also.
but this morning there's a new ships chandlery opening, with advertised
specials...


Maybe I'll spend Saturday morning at the fleamarket, this week, walking
around with a pound of hot peanuts and looking at the same rusty junk
that has been on those tables since 1966....(c;



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!