The perfect offshore cruiser!?

[Blue Crab]

Gotta admire this impressive thread drift.

[SaltyMonkey]

What drift. All offshore boats should have a beer tap.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by carstenb

Of course I could have called it a tap, but that would be british english. My friend was an american and taps are called faucet on that side of the pond.

98 degree beer is warm as far as I'm concerned, I might even go so far as to call it hot.

Only thing cold beer is good for is exercise... gorra pee 3 times as often..

[hoppy]

Originally Posted by SaltyMonkey

What drift. All offshore boats should have a beer tap.

I was going to disagree but then I realised that it is a good solution. No need to dump or store empty bottles on the journey and the empty kegs with a bit of ingenuity can replace the need for a life raft.

A must for a cruising yacht. Although if a yacht was to get into trouble early in the passage the captain may go down with the ship whilst preparing the buoyancy aids.

[SaltyMonkey]

If you ever had the experience of visiting Chichesters Gypsy Moth @ GW, you would realize every good sailor should have a beer tap attached to their gimbaled chart table with a keel cooled keg.

[carstenb]

I met a german boat once, where the owner had installed a refrigerator below deck. Inside was a keg and the tap was mounted in the cockpit right next to the compass. Beer at hand at all times.

[DELIVERANCE]

I bet the original OP wishes now that he had never put this post up... off subject a bit I think