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My wife and I go out in the afternoons mostly and have dinner on the lake. We tried pizza, chinese food(did not work), chicken and sands so far. Anyone have any fav's they bring out for dinner on the water? Keep in mind we dont have any heating or cooking appliances on the boat...if you do what to you bring out to cook on?

kabobs (usually chicken), cooked on the Magma grill.

Otherwise, I stop at the local sub shop and get fresh sandwiches.

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

Done sandwiches and chicken too, soggy flat and KFC isn't my personal choice. We prefer to put in, boat and then we head down to a local brew pub that is on the river, use the public dock and go in for dinner then go out and boat some more.

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2007 Four Winns 190 Horizon Merc 4.3 MPI

Our boat on Crescent Lake in Oregon

NY Strips steaks done on a Magma grill (rectangular Newport model). Microwave is good for frozen veggies. I've also used some grill sheets, cut down to fit, to roast veggies on the grill. Done corn on there too.

Burgers are problematic due to grease dripping and causing smoke and fire, that and cleanup hassles. Hotdogs and other sausages work better.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

I thought this was a stupid question for you guys here and no one would even answer ...but wow some great ideas. I never heard of a Magma grill. I did some reserch about this grill and must say what a cool idea. Thanks again everyone, for sure one of those puppies will be under the christmas tree for my wife lol..

+1. I don't know what it is, but I just don't like food on the boat. In fact, for some reason I can't explain, I don't even get hungry on the boat (even though I have no problem being hungry anywhere else ).

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Another grill idea I like is grilled salmon with some butter and lemon joice......and.....wrapped shrimp(requires more prep but worth it) - clean the shrimp and wrap them with some cheddar, sliced jalapeno and bacon (on water use the lean strip bacon - little grease) - awesome stuff.

You can get those easy flips (like a small grill box) so you can flip them all at once and holds it all together.

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08' H210SS
VP 5.7Gi

Beef burgers maybe, but no grease fire from Turkey burgers made with ground turkey,worcestershire sauce, garlic pepper and
add a slice of swiss cheese. No cleanup hassles at all.
One of our favorites on the grill that is easy to make is, a loaf of garlic bread, add meats of your choice, we like ham, salami and turkey, add
two types or more of sliced cheeses. Put ingredients into the sliced garlic bread, then wrap it back up in its foil package. Place on the grill and rotate several times until warmed up, then remove and cut into bite size sandwiches. It only takes about 15 minutes from prep to feeding, and just toss the wrapper in the garbage. You can add whatever you like inside the bread, we have done pizza sauce, pepperoni, mushrooms and pork sausage (pre cooked) and made them that way too.

For breakfast on the water, we like boiled omlets. Ever had one ?

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Are you kidding. Next to boating--who doesn't like food? Good topic!


+2 Typically we have sandwiches for lunch and/or snacks on the boat. For dinner, I enjoy eating at a marina on the water somewhere and let someone else do the cooking and cleanup.

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Norris Lake, Stardust Marina, Andersonville, TN
2005 Four Winns 230 Horizon 5.7L Volvo Gi/DP
2001 Maxum 1900SR 5.0L V8 (Sold)
2011 Nissan Armada Platnum

Good thing I'm eating lunch right now, because you guys are making me hungry.

Mike, I hear you in that I tend to not get hungry on the boat as well. My take is this. . . We're a bunch of anal bastards that cringe at the thought of the combination of food and kids (or not so anal bastards that are on our boats) and the potential mess that is bound to happen. Nothing like lifting a seat cushion to find a mess of soggy potato chips or watching a kids foot grind a chocolate chip cookie into my carpet. Subliminally, I think that impacts our own hunger mechanism causing us not to want to eat while on the boat.

I boat with a bunch of runabout guys like me, so our food options are relatively limited. In years past, we would frequently take food along, then beach the boats on a sandbar to eat. This ranged from cold meat sandwiches to bringing small coleman camp grills and barbequing deer loins, kabobs, fish, etc. This year, the river has been so high we've lost most of our beach spots. So we've done more venturing to the bars on the water to sample their fare. I like this idea enough in that it may become the norm going forward.

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2005 FW Horizon 250
8.1L VP DP

You definitely learn to avoid bringing likely-to-stain foods. No Cheetos (or similarly fake colored chips), berries (blue, black, straw, etc), chocolate or most other colored stuff. I still regret making virgin strawberry daquiris for the kids a couple of years ago. Storm seas, puking and then not telling me about it until well after it dried. The stain has almost completely faded... but I still know where it is.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

You may think I am crazy...but this was a MAJOR factor when buying my boat. I had one young child (1 1/2 years old) and twins on the way . I knew I was an anal SOB...and knew how much I hated other people's kids on my cruiser when we had it. I was all ready to pull the trigger on a brand new boat. Then I thought...if I spend a lot less and it is not brand new...maybe I would relax a little and my kids would have more fun. You know what...I was right. I spend about 25% what the new one was going to run me...boat was in great cosmetic as well as mechanical shape...but I am not as hyper active when something get a little dirty. Glad I made the decision I made. Now don't get me wrong...I still am pretty anal about keeping the boat clean. But I know my kids will enjoy it more if dad is a little more relaxed.

I'm up there, but not quite as bad as you as far as eating in the boat Mike..!!

If needed, I generally remove the carpet, hose the boat out with a pressure cleaner, and if the carpet is bad, hang it on the side gate at home and pressure wash that as well. Seems to work with all the usual kid things - food, sodas, mud, puke etc.

I know you won't like this Mike, but we also go fishing in ours... I take the carpet out and leave it at home. At the end of the day, hose the debris out of the boat, blood, guts etc. out with a pressure washer, let it dry, then put the carpet back in. No fish smell and always clean. Only problem I have found it getting out squid ink... that really stains, even the fibreglass.

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Alec

2006 Horizon 190
VP 4.3GL/SX, Sunsport

Oh, the things I take for granted here in Kansas...

Can't you like, squeeze 'em, collect the ink, throw 'em back, and sell the ink? Or something? Jeez!

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

I like the garlic bread sandwich idea!

But i gotta bite .... What the hell is a boiled omellette?

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Marc, Kathlin & Nathalie


'89 Chaparral Laser 32

'93 Vista 245, 5.8L w/ King Cobra

Former Boats
'01 H260, 7.4 VP Duoprop
'98 H200, 5.0 GL w/VP SX drive