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Default Despite fuel prices, towboat captains report no general nationwide decrease in boating

On 29 Aug 2006 11:42:51 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

(Except some of the big block gas burners; a lot of
the older boats with a pair of twin 454's belong to normal, everyday
working guys and you know they have to be walloped in the wallet just
trying to keep some of those older boats up on plane....)


Only about $120 an hour in direct operating costs... :-)