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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
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 |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
"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 |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
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 |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
.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). |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
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 |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
Steve wrote:
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 There are some boaters who out of ignorance or carelessness carry a quantity of plastic or metal jerry cans full of gasoline aboard, and refill their main tank from those cans while underway. If they knew what they were playing with, they might opt to install a larger main fuel tank on their boat, or find a boat with a larger fuel tank. Refilling a diesel tank from a jerry can is not the same kind of hazard as playing around with gasoline. -- * * * email sent to will *never* get to me. |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
I see people refueling at the marina and public dock all the time without
regard to these basic precautions Some of us don't have our boats within 10 miles of a marina. We need another way to get fuel to the boat. Loading it up on the trailer and taking it up to the shop-n-rob isn't an option either. Certainly fueling from cans in a marina is frowned upon but the lack of body count from the millions of boaters who fill from plastic cans in their back yard seems to make this look more like a marketing or insurance decision. |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
"Gfretwell" wrote in message ... I see people refueling at the marina and public dock all the time without regard to these basic precautions Some of us don't have our boats within 10 miles of a marina. We need another way to get fuel to the boat. Loading it up on the trailer and taking it up to the shop-n-rob isn't an option either. Certainly fueling from cans in a marina is frowned upon but the lack of body count from the millions of boaters who fill from plastic cans in their back yard seems to make this look more like a marketing or insurance decision. Oh, must be very dangerous. Thousands of fires everyweekend from filling a lawnmower from the plastic or metal gerry can. Bill |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
The main hazard would be static electricity due to a the lack of a metal to
metal bonding. There was a gas station fire in the Seattle area last month that was attributed to this. Static discharge from the person to the vehicle after or before the nozzle made contact. All gasoline boats are required to have a bond wire between the fill connection to the tank body and the boat bonding system. This is usually accomplished via the bonding wire in (approved) fuel fill hoses. That said, what is the use of having all these built in precautions if the boater uses a can without a bonding system.. Fuel bonding may or may not be manditory in your area, but it's as good an idea as "No Smoking or Open Flames". Maybe the reason lawn mowers don't blow up is because the fellows filling them are standing on the ground as it the lawn mower and completes the gound circuit. -- My opinion . FWIW Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Marina gas prices - how much are you paying this summer?
$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. |
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