I usually fill my trailer boat at the same place I fill the truck, and the
cost here in Vancouver, WA is about $1.50 - $1.60 per gallon. Last weekend,
I used a marina slip at Ilwaco, WA where there is just one fuel dock. The
price: $2.049 per gallon. Ashore, the price of gas in the Ilwaco / Long
Beach, WA area is about $1.80, but that includes road tax (WA has one of the
highest road taxes in the US) which the marina fuel dock presumably does not
include.

My brother-in-law was recently at Lake Shasta, CA. He says the gas price at
marinas there is about $3.00 per gallon!

How much are you paying at the dock? How does it compare to the price
ashore?

Just curious
Dan

You pay the highway tax on gasoline but not on diesel when you purchase it
at the marina..

The (off road) diesel is available to the marina from the distributor
because the refineries provide it with a purple die color so the highway
inspectors can tell if your using it on the road..

Also the purple diesel is high sulfer while that sold for use on the highway
is low sulfer. (so I'm told).

No such thing for gasoline.

I have heard that you can apply for a refund of the highway tax but have
never had that opportunity because my boats have always been diesel.

The marinas jack the price up for gasoline because of their low volume.


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:29:11 -0700, "Steve" wrote:
I have heard that you can apply for a refund of the highway tax but have
never had that opportunity because my boats have always been diesel.
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The ability to get road tax refunds varies from state to state.
Connecticut cheerfully refunds at the end of the year if you have
receipts and fill out a form, NY does not unless you can prove you are
engaged in commercial fishing. (sport fisherman who sell an
occasional tuna need not apply). Prices at the dock for 89 octane
range from $1.90 to $2.15 in both states. Gas station prices are 30
to 40 cents less.

There is a gas station a block from the marina here that is 30 cents
a gallon less than at the marina...is it worth pulling the boat out
of the water and trailering it for that much?

Snafu wrote:

I usually fill my trailer boat at the same place I fill the truck, and the
cost here in Vancouver, WA is about $1.50 - $1.60 per gallon. Last weekend,
I used a marina slip at Ilwaco, WA where there is just one fuel dock. The
price: $2.049 per gallon. Ashore, the price of gas in the Ilwaco / Long
Beach, WA area is about $1.80, but that includes road tax (WA has one of the
highest road taxes in the US) which the marina fuel dock presumably does not
include.

My brother-in-law was recently at Lake Shasta, CA. He says the gas price at
marinas there is about $3.00 per gallon!

How much are you paying at the dock? How does it compare to the price
ashore?

Just curious
Dan

"Jim Woodard" wrote in message
...
There is a gas station a block from the marina here that is 30 cents
a gallon less than at the marina...is it worth pulling the boat out
of the water and trailering it for that much?

Heck no! I wasn't really complaining (even though it might sound like it),
I was just curious if the higher cost is typical. Sounds like it is.

Thanks
Dan

I was really asking a serious question because I have been thinking
about this very thing....the previous owner has 4 six-gallon gasoline
cans which I think he filled at that gas station and brought them home.
However, he also had 2 jet-skis with his boat, so maybe he used that
gas for his jet skis and not the boat....I'm not sure how I would
safely use a gasoline can to fill the boat without a huge transfer
tube....but 30 cents over a period of a year or two can add up if
you use the boat a lot.

Snafu wrote:

"Jim Woodard" wrote in message
...
There is a gas station a block from the marina here that is 30 cents
a gallon less than at the marina...is it worth pulling the boat out
of the water and trailering it for that much?

Heck no! I wasn't really complaining (even though it might sound like it),
I was just curious if the higher cost is typical. Sounds like it is.

Thanks
Dan

.I'm not sure how I would
safely use a gasoline can to fill the boat without a huge transfer
tube...

You buy the "jerry cans" not a regular boat tank. Then use a huge funnel. The
one I have has a 12" bell. Keep the can, funnel and gas filler touching at all
times during the filling process to avoid static. I can fill the boat without
spilling a drop. They also sell wheeled tanks that hold a lot of gas but that
depends on you having a clear path to the boat and a truck to haul the tank.
I did see a cool trailer at one of our JetSki rental operations. It had a 300
gallon tank and a self contained 12v pump with a regular fuel hose/nozzle like
they have at a gas station. The battery was solar charged. I wonder what DOT
would think about that? This one was operating in stealth mode (no hazmat
placards).

I think refueling a gasoline boat from plastic or metal jerry cans is a
dangerous practice and some marinas may even prohibit it.

Any gasoline transfer is suppose to have an anti static grounding system.
Not to mention safeguards regarding smoking, open flames, etc.

I see people refueling at the marina and public dock all the time without
regard to these basic precautions.

If I see this going on, I try to leave that area.

At least when you fuel at a marina fuel dock or the gas station, up the
road, they have grounded nozzles and the other precautions.

Another good reason to go with diesel fuel..

--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

$1.88 9/10 at my marina, Harbor Marine in Bolles Harbor just south of Monroe,
Mi. Price has been the same all season so far. Prices are currently about $1.47
9/10 on the road but they vary daily it seems.

It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course,
there's shipping and handling, too.

Tablerock Lake in Missouri - prices running $2.08 to $2.19 for premium
unleaded.


"RGrew176" wrote in message
...
$1.88 9/10 at my marina, Harbor Marine in Bolles Harbor just south of
Monroe,
Mi. Price has been the same all season so far. Prices are currently about
$1.47
9/10 on the road but they vary daily it seems.

It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course,
there's shipping and handling, too.