Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel
fuel in either US gallons or litres?

It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in
the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place.

Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there
last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap.

When we built our sailboat we never realised just how much time we
would have to spend motoring due to lack of a decent wind - in South
East Asia and the Mediterranean in particular. In New Zealand, we get
good sailing breezes of 10 to 30 knots much of the time.

Thanks,
Peter Hendra
NZ yacht Herodotus

Peter Hendra wrote:
Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel
fuel in either US gallons or litres?

It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in
the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place.

Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there
last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap.

About 40%-50% of prices in Europe.

Presently, prices are very high by US standards, about $2.30/US gallon
here in Southern California for land based purchases of either this
week. Last week it was $2.40. Add 15%-30% for marina pricing.

HTH

Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
k.net...
Peter Hendra wrote:
Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel
fuel in either US gallons or litres?

It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in
the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place.

Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there
last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap.

About 40%-50% of prices in Europe.

Presently, prices are very high by US standards, about $2.30/US gallon
here in Southern California for land based purchases of either this week.
Last week it was $2.40. Add 15%-30% for marina pricing.

HTH

Lew

You should have added, California prices are at least $.30 more than the
rest of the country.

John Cairns

In Florida, boat diesel was $2.04/gal. Today, I paid $2.07/gal for gas
for my truck.

wrote in
oups.com:

In Florida, boat diesel was $2.04/gal. Today, I paid $2.07/gal for gas
for my truck.


Diesel at the marina - $2.48
Diesel at the truckstop - $2.12
Gas at the marina - $2.29
Gas at the stations - $1.92

Gas taxes (SC + Federal at the stations)- $.343 but we're looking hungrily
at increasing it by 7c so we can steal more from the people....

Diesel taxes (SC + Fed at stations) - $.393 same increase coming soon....
Gas tax at marinas, even though your boat won't go down the interstate, is
the same as gas tax at the stations. Diesel fuel at the marina is $0....so
why does diesel cost so MUCH MORE at the marina with 40c less tax on it??

Greed....

On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:04:31 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:


Diesel taxes (SC + Fed at stations) - $.393 same increase coming soon....
Gas tax at marinas, even though your boat won't go down the interstate, is
the same as gas tax at the stations. Diesel fuel at the marina is $0....so
why does diesel cost so MUCH MORE at the marina with 40c less tax on it??

Greed....

One local marine fuel dock claims that if they were a land gas
station, the fuel company would shut them down because they don't sell
enough fuel - they certainly don't sell enough to get any sort of
"quantity discount".

That station mainly serves pleasure craft - a big sale may be 100
gallons, a typical sailboat will buy 10 gallons - if I go into
Vancouver Harbour, I can get diesel for 20 cents/litre less, at a fuel
barge that serves the harbour tugs and other large consumers. Last
time I was there, a tug had just taken on 7,000 gallons! (the barge
may sell that sort of quantity several times a day!)


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
nk.net...
Peter Hendra wrote:
Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel
fuel in either US gallons or litres?

It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in
the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place.

Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there
last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap.

About 40%-50% of prices in Europe.

Presently, prices are very high by US standards, about $2.30/US gallon
here in Southern California for land based purchases of either this week.
Last week it was $2.40. Add 15%-30% for marina pricing.

HTH

Lew

You should have added, California prices are at least $.30 more than the
rest of the country.

Not New York. Diesel at the marina dock is $2.75. At a land based filling
station, $2.55 (our car is a diesel). Cheapest diesel we have seen was $2.10
on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Thanks for this Lew,
By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on
Yacht-L or somesuch list a few years ago?

Peter Hendra

On Fri, 27 May 2005 00:50:12 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote:

Peter Hendra wrote:
Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel
fuel in either US gallons or litres?

It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in
the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place.

Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there
last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap.

About 40%-50% of prices in Europe.

Presently, prices are very high by US standards, about $2.30/US gallon
here in Southern California for land based purchases of either this
week. Last week it was $2.40. Add 15%-30% for marina pricing.

HTH

Lew

Peter Hendra wrote:
Thanks for this Lew,
By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on
Yacht-L or somesuch list a few years ago?


Yep and I'm still on Yacht-L.

How about you?

Lew

No, I signed off when we left Sydney over 5 years ago. We have been
sailing ever since and have only been able to use web mail. I have
forgotten how I got onto it. It would be appreciated if you would
email me to refresh my memory. It was very good; no spam, no cross
posting and messages from God, no Russian porn.

By the way, how is the boat building project. I don't think I would
have the courage to take any longer than the three years it took me to
build ours. That was long enough and I got sick of being poor.

At the end of this year I hope to sail across from Spain to the US. I
have travelled between Boston and New York and can't wait to sail
there.

regards,
Peter Hendra,
NZ yacht Herodotus

On Fri, 27 May 2005 17:11:01 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote:

Peter Hendra wrote:
Thanks for this Lew,
By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on
Yacht-L or somesuch list a few years ago?


Yep and I'm still on Yacht-L.

How about you?

Lew