Fresh fruits & vegetables

Fruit and vegetables are the key to eating well on board, and also the area where organisation matters most. They do not all keep the same way: tomatoes, avocados and bananas ripen fast in the tropics, while carrots, onions, cabbage, sweet potatoes and citrus will easily last one to two weeks out of the fridge.

Kawann Supply favours local, seasonal produce available in Martinique — better suited to the climate and often more robust in transit than imported references.

One tip from the crew: hang fruit in nets rather than storing it in a closed crate, and keep bananas apart from the rest, as they speed up the ripening of everything around them.