When the season ended last fall the marina where I keep my boat was charging $2.169 not that bad overall. Most other marinas were around $2.40 for some reason.

Yesterday the roadside prices jumped from $1.899 to $2.099 and it is supposedly going to jump higher over the next few days. Looks like my boating trips will be limited in length. More short trips fewer long ones.

With all I've spent on my boat and tackle and the lack of perfect days to
get out fishing the cost of fuel is not a big factor in deciding to go where
I want to go.

Do we sometimes overreact to higher fuel prices?

Butch
"RGrew176" wrote in message
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When the season ended last fall the marina where I keep my boat was
charging $2.169 not that bad overall. Most other marinas were around
$2.40 for some reason.

Yesterday the roadside prices jumped from $1.899 to $2.099 and it is
supposedly going to jump higher over the next few days. Looks like my
boating trips will be limited in length. More short trips fewer long
ones.


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RGrew176

Do we sometimes overreact to higher fuel prices?


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Probably.

Considering that the average guy who isn't independently wealthy will
be lucky to boat for much over 100 engine hours a year in most
climates.

Figure some guy running twin 454's, hard, into the secondaries, and
burning maybe 40- 50 gallons an hour for 100 hours. Worst case scenario
would be 4,000 to 5,000 gallons fuel burn, and since the boater won't
be running hard all the time reality is probably down under 2500
gallons for almost everybody.

At $3 a gallon, that's $7500 for fuel for a year, and even at $4 that's
$10,000. Most people should be spending far, far, less. And you are
right, by the time people spend $200,000 for a boat, $75,000 for a
diesel truck to tow it with, and $25,000 on electronics, gear,
supplies, and accessories, what difference does it really make if the
fuel costs are $5,000 a year, or $10k?

Love my diesel trawler. Visit the fuel dock twice each year (doing
120-150 engine hours of boating in our all-season climate), "whether we
need to, or not".

On 5 Mar 2005 22:03:29 -0800, wrote:

Do we sometimes overreact to higher fuel prices?


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Probably.

Considering that the average guy who isn't independently wealthy will
be lucky to boat for much over 100 engine hours a year in most
climates.

Figure some guy running twin 454's, hard, into the secondaries, and
burning maybe 40- 50 gallons an hour for 100 hours. Worst case scenario
would be 4,000 to 5,000 gallons fuel burn, and since the boater won't
be running hard all the time reality is probably down under 2500
gallons for almost everybody.

At $3 a gallon, that's $7500 for fuel for a year, and even at $4 that's
$10,000. Most people should be spending far, far, less. And you are
right, by the time people spend $200,000 for a boat, $75,000 for a
diesel truck to tow it with, and $25,000 on electronics, gear,
supplies, and accessories, what difference does it really make if the
fuel costs are $5,000 a year, or $10k?

Love my diesel trawler. Visit the fuel dock twice each year (doing
120-150 engine hours of boating in our all-season climate), "whether we
need to, or not".

Chuck, I don't think you're referring to the 'average' boater up there!

:-)


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"RGrew176" wrote in message
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When the season ended last fall the marina where I keep my boat was
charging $2.169 not that bad overall. Most other marinas were around
$2.40 for some reason.

You are on Lake St. Clair right? What marina was so cheap? Mine was
around 2.60 all season.


Yesterday the roadside prices jumped from $1.899 to $2.099 and it is
supposedly going to jump higher over the next few days. Looks like my
boating trips will be limited in length. More short trips fewer long
ones.


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RGrew176

I am on Lake Erie, my boat is located in Bolles Harbor at Harbor Marine. They have always offered great gasoline prices for some reason.