My $400.00 beater boat
 

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.


Heh. The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of diesel
fuel at cruise speed. The Navigator was a fuel miser, only burning 28
gallons per hour at cruise.


My nasty old beater looks better to me every time I read a thread like
this ;-)

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
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On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. *Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh *no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. *Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? *I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! *I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.


Heh. *The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of diesel
fuel at cruise speed. *The Navigator was a fuel miser, only burning 28
gallons per hour at cruise.


"My nasty old beater looks better to me every time I read a thread like
this *;-)"


I guess...we're still paying a hair over a buck for regular self pumped gas.. On my 2 hr cruises I run the revs up between 4k and 5k whenever the water is smooth enough to do so. Couldn't burn enough gas so I'll remove as much as I can before half filling with fresh new gas for 7 month sleep.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:12:30 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
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On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Â*Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh Â*no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Â*Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? Â*I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! Â*I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.


Heh. Â*The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of diesel
fuel at cruise speed. Â*The Navigator was a fuel miser, only burning 28
gallons per hour at cruise.


"My nasty old beater looks better to me every time I read a thread like
this Â*;-)"


I guess...we're still paying a hair over a buck for regular self pumped gas. On my 2 hr cruises I run the revs up between 4k and 5k whenever the water is smooth enough to do so. Couldn't burn enough gas so I'll remove as much as I can before half filling with fresh new gas for 7 month sleep.

Buck a liter, that is close to $4 a gallon. I paid $2.07 when I filled
my cans but it is up to $2.14 now. Glad I jumped on it when I did.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

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Buck a liter, that is close to $4 a gallon. I paid $2.07 when I filled
my cans but it is up to $2.14 now. Glad I jumped on it when I did.

........

2.19 here

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Tim wrote:
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Buck a liter, that is close to $4 a gallon. I paid $2.07 when I filled
my cans but it is up to $2.14 now. Glad I jumped on it when I did.

.......

2.19 here


$2.69 it's California

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On 10/16/2015 11:28 AM, Tim wrote:
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Buck a liter, that is close to $4 a gallon. I paid $2.07 when I filled
my cans but it is up to $2.14 now. Glad I jumped on it when I did.

.......

2.19 here


87 octane can be found anywhere from $2.03 to $2.11 around here.
Lowest I've seen it in many years.

Heating oil has also dropped dramatically. We have two, 300 gal
tanks and one 275 gal tank. My wife called to get oil a week ago
and the guy she orders from recommended holding off from completely
filling the tanks for a bit. He said the prices are going to
come down even more. She left it with him to determine when he
thinks the price has bottomed, then come and top off the tanks.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

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87 octane can be found anywhere from $2.03 to $2.11 around here.
Lowest I've seen it in many years.

Heating oil has also dropped dramatically. We have two, 300 gal
tanks and one 275 gal tank. My wife called to get oil a week ago
and the guy she orders from recommended holding off from completely
filling the tanks for a bit. He said the prices are going to
come down even more. She left it with him to determine when he
thinks the price has bottomed, then come and top off the tanks.
.........
Same with propane. I just filled a 500 gal tank for 90c per gal That's pretty cheap.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On 10/16/2015 12:13 PM, Tim wrote:
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87 octane can be found anywhere from $2.03 to $2.11 around here.
Lowest I've seen it in many years.

Heating oil has also dropped dramatically. We have two, 300 gal
tanks and one 275 gal tank. My wife called to get oil a week ago
and the guy she orders from recommended holding off from completely
filling the tanks for a bit. He said the prices are going to
come down even more. She left it with him to determine when he
thinks the price has bottomed, then come and top off the tanks.

........
Same with propane. I just filled a 500 gal tank for 90c per gal That's pretty cheap.



Big news around here was the surprise announcement (2 days ago) that the
only operating nuke power plant in Massachusetts is to be shut down
by 2019. In reality, it will more likely be shut down in 2017, before
the next refueling requirement. It was issued a new, 20 year operating
license in 2014, so it's shut down came as a surprise to employees and
surrounding town's officials.

Cheap natural gas was cited as one of the many reasons for it's closure
although Massachusetts has to import all of it's natural gas via
pipelines from Canada.

Known as the "Pilgram" Power plant, it has been in operation since 1972.

My neighbor is an engineer at the plant and has been there since the
early 1980's. I was talking to him yesterday about the closing and
learned the reasons are far more complex than just cheap natural gas.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or
treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.


Heh. The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of
diesel fuel at cruise speed. The Navigator was a fuel miser, only
burning 28 gallons per hour at cruise.




I don't cruise in that boat. We just move for maybe a 1/2 hour at a
time looking for hidden fishing honey holes boats with submerged
propellers can't reach. If I were to stay in an open canal I'm sure I'd
be burning at least 30 GPH. It's a fun boat but hardly fuel efficient.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

True North wrote:

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
- hide quoted text -

On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.

Heh. The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of diesel
fuel at cruise speed. The Navigator was a fuel miser, only burning 28
gallons per hour at cruise.

"My nasty old beater looks better to me every time I read a thread like
this ;-)"


I guess...we're still paying a hair over a buck for regular self pumped gas. On my 2 hr cruises I run the revs up between 4k and 5k whenever the water is smooth enough to do so. Couldn't burn enough gas so I'll remove as much as I can before half filling with fresh new gas for 7 month sleep.


It's time to sell the rotting boat and rent just boats if you use it
that infrequently.