I bring Subway samiches, fresh fruit, and water for my J22 crew for Saturday club races. You probably wouldn't care for my beer rule though. Beer happens only after the boat is put away after racing for two reasons. A) the boat is tidied up, secured in the slip, and the deck tent snapped on REALLY fast after racing. B) that first beer after all of that is sooo good.
Fruit? You got Grey Poupon or something? You eat with your pinky up? Sheesh...
Beef Jerky unless it's an overnight distance at which the cabin becomes a nuclear hazard.
With a bucket as a head, think "low residue" food like astronaut training.
I mostly agree with Jake on the beer thing... maybe one on the way to the dock, but I usually don't pound them until the boat's put away. There's enough drunk boaters at the ramp to require my senses be sharp...
