On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:55:50 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Believe it or not we may be able to do the entire cruise without
refueling, still have about 720 gallons left out of the original
thousand that we started with. That's not bad considering that we
were hot footing right along at over 10 knots for the first two days.
We'll be running slower now that we're across the Gulf Stream, through
customs, and in island hopping mode. At worst I'll get more fuel in
the Keys on the way home. Diesel is much less expensive in the US
than in the Bahamas. Everything here comes in on small supply boats.

But Freeport is a refinery town. Should be better price there.

Freeport is not a popular yacht harbor.

$3.08 here at Green Turtle Cay today, not bad actually, only about .70
more than south Florida prices.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:55:50 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Believe it or not we may be able to do the entire cruise without
refueling, still have about 720 gallons left out of the original
thousand that we started with. That's not bad considering that we
were hot footing right along at over 10 knots for the first two days.
We'll be running slower now that we're across the Gulf Stream, through
customs, and in island hopping mode. At worst I'll get more fuel in
the Keys on the way home. Diesel is much less expensive in the US
than in the Bahamas. Everything here comes in on small supply boats.

But Freeport is a refinery town. Should be better price there.

Freeport is not a popular yacht harbor.

$3.08 here at Green Turtle Cay today, not bad actually, only about .70
more than south Florida prices.

We were there on a cruise ship. Mighty impressive piloting by the captain.
Wind was whipping from the side. Maybe 40 knots. And the captain takes the
ship from the dock with a tug standing by and makes the whole job look easy.
I think most of the side movement was wind and not thrusters.

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:40:45 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Freeport is not a popular yacht harbor.

$3.08 here at Green Turtle Cay today, not bad actually, only about .70
more than south Florida prices.

We were there on a cruise ship. Mighty impressive piloting by the captain.
Wind was whipping from the side. Maybe 40 knots. And the captain takes the
ship from the dock with a tug standing by and makes the whole job look easy.
I think most of the side movement was wind and not thrusters.


Modern cruise ships have bow and stern thrusters that are unbelievably
powerful. We were on the Island Princess up in Alaska last month and
I believe they told us that each of the thrusters was something on the
order of 2,000 hp. It's all controlled by a couple of little joy
sticks out on the wing bridge.