Call_me_Ishmael said:
I once ran out of propane to run our stove and make coffee on day two of a 5 day offshore passage, about 80 miles from any land. Facing immediate crew mutiny, we made all sail for the nearest port of call. Continuing without coffee was deemed to be complete madness.
Was the grill propane? We have had that same inexcusable problem as well. I fired up the grill and put the pot over the coals. Just like a camping trip. That's the thing about sailors - we can just about MacGyver anything!
Yeah, we had a propane grill too. Definite redundancy planning failure. It took about 18 hours of sailing to get to the nearest landfall. It was worth it though, as it was about 8 am and time for the morning coffee when we arrived!
