If you're still looking boat-worthy snacks, see also the thread from 3 days ago seeking dessert ideas for a lobster dinner, where the food has to be left at room temp. Many (if not all) the suggestions would work here.
Hardy Cape Codders take "booze cruises" all the time before dinner.
You can. Bring almost anything...plastic glasses for wine and drinks.
Bring a cutting board for cheese and crackers, nuts and spreads.
Mix your drinks on the boat, just eyeball amounts and have a small cooler with ice. Drag an LL Bean canvas bag down to the boat with your vodka, rum whatever and cranberry juice..have at it. Enjoy the water and the sunset. Perfect Al fresco cocktail party.
Bringing wine with a screwtop closure makes opening and closing the bottle(s) much easier on a moving boat. You didn't say whether this ride is on a sailboat or a motor boat. Sailboats are much more precarious, and I'd bring dry snacks. Why don't you ask your host(ess)?
My husband and I recently went on a 7 hour whale watching tour. We had to take food and drinks. Since they didn't allow glass, we took hard apple cider in cans. You may not have that constraint but something like that or hard ginger ale or wine might be a good idea. I get sea sick easily so I don't prefer stronger drinks ( take something for that if you have trouble). For food we took quesadillas, snacks , brownies and spicy walnuts .
as an inside joke, or a smiling reference to the terrible hard tack (biscuit) that sailors used to endure, make and bring some biscotti. There are many savory recipes (e.g. with parmesan) as well as the classic di prato version. Serve with espresso, espresso cocktails or wine, according to your preference.
Depending on location, it can be pretty chilly (and windy) on the water at night - I've been wrapped in sweaters off the coast of Nantucket and in Lake Placid in the summer. If it's somewhere like that, a thermos of something warm like Irish Coffee or tea with rum might be a good idea.
Any of these drinks in a big thermos would be fun: https://food52.com/blog/13769-10-toast-worthy-cold-drinks-from-our-latest-f52contest
And I think there are a lot of snack options that are safe and easy like nut mixes, or some of these one bite party snacks: https://food52.com/contests/265_your_best_onebite_party_snack You just want food that can be eaten in a bite or handful without making a mess or needing utensils.
It's difficult to give a specific recommendation as a lot of it has to do with the kind of boat you'll be sailing on and the sailing conditions.
If it's a small sailboat under sail, it will heel over quite a bit, and messier snacks (e.g., chips and salsa) wouldn't be favorable in this type of environment both for storing and serving. On smaller sailboats, people need to move around a lot, so having individual or smaller portions that can be hand carried in a napkin work better than anything that needs to go on a plate.
If it's a bigger boat, a cruiser, or something running on engines that will be stable, your options widen.
If it's a really big boat with a sizable cabin, well, you can pretty much pretend like you're going to someone's house and just bring whatever you want.
If I were on a thirty-foot sailboat on the SF Bay in the summer (the wind can blow pretty hard in August, like 25+ knots which is why they held the America's Cup recently), there's no way I'd try to bring anything fussy.
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You can. Bring almost anything...plastic glasses for wine and drinks.
Bring a cutting board for cheese and crackers, nuts and spreads.
Mix your drinks on the boat, just eyeball amounts and have a small cooler with ice. Drag an LL Bean canvas bag down to the boat with your vodka, rum whatever and cranberry juice..have at it. Enjoy the water and the sunset. Perfect Al fresco cocktail party.
And I think there are a lot of snack options that are safe and easy like nut mixes, or some of these one bite party snacks: https://food52.com/contests/265_your_best_onebite_party_snack You just want food that can be eaten in a bite or handful without making a mess or needing utensils.
Have fun!
If it's a small sailboat under sail, it will heel over quite a bit, and messier snacks (e.g., chips and salsa) wouldn't be favorable in this type of environment both for storing and serving. On smaller sailboats, people need to move around a lot, so having individual or smaller portions that can be hand carried in a napkin work better than anything that needs to go on a plate.
If it's a bigger boat, a cruiser, or something running on engines that will be stable, your options widen.
If it's a really big boat with a sizable cabin, well, you can pretty much pretend like you're going to someone's house and just bring whatever you want.
If I were on a thirty-foot sailboat on the SF Bay in the summer (the wind can blow pretty hard in August, like 25+ knots which is why they held the America's Cup recently), there's no way I'd try to bring anything fussy.
Good luck!