Richard:
RW>>One method was to strap a cloth ice bag to the front of the mast and the 
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RW>>striker.... another is to stuff them into your pockets 
        I kinda like the idea of a mesh bag (the ones sold for rinsing
        skin-diving equipment are nice, they have a good positive
        closing latch on 'em) hanging over the side and down where it's
        cold... of course, I only do this when I'm docked - to try this
        while sailing would definitely shake/break the bottles and would
        cause immeasurable drag!
RW>>Note that you didn't mention "cold".... I believe that what what he was 
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RW>>with.. drinking "warm" beer...
        Well, I can think of at least one of our Toronto Marine police
        who definitely WOULD see that as a fitting charge ... but the
        gist of it was, as I recall from Laughlin, that the police made
        them DRAIN the bottles into (onto?) the sand!.... what a waste
        of good beer - unless, of course, it was American beer !
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