Provisioning, Meal Planning, and Food Storage for Boaters
Provisioning, Meal Planning, and Food Storage for Boaters
Confidently create your provisioning list, shop, and store food aboard with a step-by-step action plan
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Stress-Free Provisioning and Meal Planning for Life Aboard
Overwhelmed by the thought of stocking your boat for extended trips? Provisioning, Meal Planning, and Food Storage gives you everything you need to plan, shop, and store food efficiently, so you can focus on the fun of cruising.
This course enables you to confidently provision for your boat, ensuring you have exactly what you need for every meal, snack, and drink—even on longer trips. Whether you’re preparing for a week, a month, or more, you’ll learn how to maximize your storage, shop smarter, and avoid spoiled food.
Say goodbye to constant grocery runs and hello to stress-free cruising.
- Plan Like a Pro: Create a provisioning list with foods you’ll love and avoid overpacking unnecessary items.
- Smart Storage Strategies: Maximize your boat’s storage spaces to keep food fresh and organized.
- Shopping Made Simple: Learn where, when, and how to shop for provisions, both at home and in unfamiliar ports.
- Waste Management: Discover effective strategies for managing garbage on board.
- Cooking on a Boat: Get the hardware and safety essentials for cooking delicious meals even on a moving boat.
- Galley Realities: Debunk common myths and find the joys of cooking aboard.
This course is broken down into clear, manageable modules that cover every aspect of provisioning, meal planning, and food storage:
- The LIST: Ensure you have the foods you like and need.
- Meal Plan Central (or Not): Tips for meal planning—or skipping it altogether.
- Storage: Organize your provisions for freshness and easy access.
- Shopping Where and When: Strategies for first-time provisioning.
- Shopping Away From Home: Practical tips for sourcing food in new locations.
- Garbage: Manage waste effectively while cruising.
- Cooking Aboard: The hardware and safety essentials for cooking on a moving boat.
- Truisms, Myths, and Realities of Galley Life: Debunk misconceptions about cooking on a boat.
- Unexpected Joys: Find the hidden pleasures of cooking aboard.
This course is designed for real-world cruisers. With strategies developed by experienced sailors, you’ll learn practical techniques that work on any type of boat.
Whether you’re a full-time liveaboard or a weekend cruiser, Provisioning, Meal Planning, and Food Storage helps you focus less on logistics and more on the adventures ahead.
- Immediate Access: Get started right away with a login link provided on your purchase confirmation screen. Prefer to start later? Login details are also emailed to you.
- Lifetime Access: Revisit the course whenever you need it, including all future updates.
- On Your Schedule: Complete the course at your own pace—no set times or deadlines.
- Clear and Concise: Primarily text with helpful photos, screenshots, and links to simplify every step.
Nica Waters has been cruising since 1992, with experience ranging from extensive cruising throughout the US to multiple trips to the Bahamas, two journeys through the Caribbean, and an Atlantic crossing. Her years of living aboard and provisioning for both short and long voyages have made her an expert at simplifying the challenges of galley life.
Nica is also an instructor at Cruisers University and co-host of The Boat Galley podcast. Her practical, real-world strategies for provisioning, meal planning, and food storage are designed to help you spend less time worrying about food and more time enjoying your adventures.
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How You'll Access Provisioning, Meal Planning, and Food Storage for Boaters
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Start right away with the login link on your confirmation screen.
Prefer to start later? Login details will also be emailed to you.
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All online, no shipping
On your schedule, no set times or deadlines
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Written format with helpful pictures—no fluff and no videos
Lifetime access including all updates
At The Boat Galley, we have one mission: to help you cruise with confidence.
As liveaboard cruisers, we understand the challenges and questions that come with boat life. That’s why we create practical products and courses designed to tackle the same issues we’ve faced ourselves—making your life on the water easier, safer, and more enjoyable.
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Meet The Boat Galley Team
At The Boat Galley, we’re all cruisers. We know the joys—and the challenges—of boat life. The steep learning curve, costly mistakes, and hours spent searching for answers can be overwhelming. We’ve been there. That’s why we’ve created practical tools, trusted resources, and real-world guides to help you skip the frustrations and focus on enjoying your cruising life.
- Founder of The Boat Galley
- 17 years liveaboard cruiser
- US, Mexico, Bahamas, Central America, Virgin Islands, Turkey
- Cruisers University instructor
- Cruising Guide creator
- 6 years living aboard and cruising
- US East Coast from Florida Keys to Maine and Bahamas
- Ex-Air Force; singlehander
- Provisioning guru; podcaster
- On & off living aboard since 1992
- Atlantic crossing; US, Caribbean, and Bahamas
- Years of cruising with kids
- VHF pro and frugal cruiser
- Cruiser and delivery captain
- US East Coast, Bahamas, Haiti, and Caribbean
- Cruisers University instructor
- Creator of Cruising With Your Dog
- 7 years cruising with Honey
- US East Coast and ICW
- Part of the Go Pet Friendly team
- 15+ years writing about dogs
- Graphics designer
- 8 years living aboard
- US East Coast to SE Caribbean
- Design and layout for all printed products
- Social media coordinator
- Pacific Ocean: Seattle, WA to New Zealand, incl. French Polynesia
- Complete newbie to sailing prior to her 11,000 nm voyage
- Boatshow booth "mom"
- Sabbatical and part-year cruiser
- US, Bahamas, Caribbean
- Family cruising New England to southern Caribbean
Curious about our story and what drives us? Learn more about us here.
We have been full-time cruisers for over 3 years. I thought we had the whole provisioning thing figured out. But this course gave me some great pointers on planning provisioning and particularly, on storing the provisions once we have them. (Who knew cabbage doesn't need refrigeration? And don't get me started on condiments!) I bought this course just before a big passage (10-14 days) and it has helped us figure out new things to try.
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