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Harry Krause

wrote:
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:53:25 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

That's a good point. Personally, I think last year the market tested
$3/g and pretty quickly backed off that because demand dropped
significantly.

We seem to increase our tolerance every time it is tested. I can
remember people saying nobody would drive is gas was a buck a gallon.
Boat people seem more tolerant than car people. Gas is $3.70 at the
dock and I still see plenty of guys blasting around with their twin
250s.
I still chug around the mangroves with my 60 4 stroke burning 1 GPH or
so. At the end of the day I will be right back where I started if
things work out right, I am in no hurry.

This month's issue of BOATING takes a look at a handful of rigs with
small engines that run $12,000 or less, new, and are easily towed. Two
of them are really nice boats. When you are running a 30 hp or less
outboard, the price of gasoline is not really relevant.