All you need to know about Provisioning E-Book by Karen Oberg

In general, provisioning means "providing" or making something available. As world or coastal cruisers the purpose of provisioning food is to acquire the raw and auxiliary materials needed to make meals with the best quality produce at the lowest possible cost to sustain life on the ocean for a period of time.

Karen began provisioning at the ripe old age of 10. She accompanied her father on monthly trips from Airlie Beach to Mackay where they would buy provisions for their charter boat "Wahoo". She learnt the importance of buying right and storing correctly so there was always enough fresh food for the paying guests each day.

Karen told Multihull Central in a recent interview, "It’s a good feeling to know that you can “fend for yourself”. In recent world developments relating to COVID19 I realised how well prepared we were for self isolation. We didn't need to panic buy we had all the provisions we needed to head to sea for 76 days, before needing to reprovision. We did nothing different than usual and what we had was a well stocked boat with no waste."

The process is the same for 2 or 10 crew, but will certainly differ where you are intending on sailing. The gap between west and east is the most obvious. No rows of refrigerated cabinets containing plastic wrapped portions of your desired cuts of meat here. No white coated butcher with cloth cap or hair net and plastic gloves to serve you either. But with the right tools you can be enjoying your time on the water instead of worrying where your next meal is coming from.

There is a collection of recipes that include Perfect One Dish Meals, One Pot Meals, Freezer Meals, pre prepared meals and delicious snacks and lunches to keep the crew well fed and you stress free in the galley.

The book also comes with editable provisioning spreadsheets with most, if not all the staples required already tabled, plus a Menu Planner ready for you to add your favourite dishes. With these easy to follow steps provisioning will still be a chore but it will at least be a little less confusing.

THIS IS A LARGE FILE - So please use a computer with memory. Once downloaded you can transfer to a device such as a IPAD or Phone. Cheers