I paid $4.99 for diesel yesterday away from the dock as my boat is not
in yet? What did you all pay?

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I paid $4.99 for diesel yesterday away from the dock as my boat is not
in yet? What did you all pay?


What boat do you have that requires diesel?

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I paid $4.99 for diesel yesterday away from the dock as my boat is not
in yet? What did you all pay?


What boat do you have that requires diesel?


Probably a pickup. I paid $4.46 last week for diesel for my P/U.

On May 24, 2:15*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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I paid $4.99 for diesel yesterday away from the dock as my boat is not
in yet? What did you all pay?

What boat do you have that requires diesel?

Probably a pickup. *I paid $4.46 last week for diesel for my P/U.

deisel here is a tad over $4.00, and gas is 3.69

Calif Bill writes:

I paid $4.46 last week for diesel for my P/U.


At the cheapest gas station I know of (Rotten Robbie
on Lafayette St. in Santa Clara), diesel went up 30
cents in three days last week -- from $4.69 to $4.99.
(For comparison, regular, mid-grade and premium gasoline
there is $4.29, $4.39 and $4.49, respectively.) I've
parked my diesel Mercedes and started using my V-8 Chevy
pickup as my daily driver. Fuggit.

Ghod knows what diesel is going for at Bay/Delta fuel
docks nowadays, considering the mysterious "nautical
surcharge" that gets tacked onto otherwise-mundane fuels.
Maybe there's a feature about that somewhere in the _Bay
And Delta Yachtsman_, but if so, I have yet to find it.



Geoff

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"Environmentalism's most renewable resources are fear,
guilt and moral bullying." -- Jonah Goldberg

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Calif Bill writes:

I paid $4.46 last week for diesel for my P/U.


At the cheapest gas station I know of (Rotten Robbie
on Lafayette St. in Santa Clara), diesel went up 30
cents in three days last week -- from $4.69 to $4.99.
(For comparison, regular, mid-grade and premium gasoline
there is $4.29, $4.39 and $4.49, respectively.) I've
parked my diesel Mercedes and started using my V-8 Chevy
pickup as my daily driver. Fuggit.

Ghod knows what diesel is going for at Bay/Delta fuel
docks nowadays, considering the mysterious "nautical
surcharge" that gets tacked onto otherwise-mundane fuels.
Maybe there's a feature about that somewhere in the _Bay
And Delta Yachtsman_, but if so, I have yet to find it.



Geoff

--
"Environmentalism's most renewable resources are fear,
guilt and moral bullying." -- Jonah Goldberg


When I worked in Silicon Valley, cheapest gas was always Costco on Coleman.

Geoff Miller wrote:
Calif Bill writes:

I paid $4.46 last week for diesel for my P/U.

Ghod knows what diesel is going for at Bay/Delta fuel
docks nowadays, considering the mysterious "nautical
surcharge" that gets tacked onto otherwise-mundane fuels.
Maybe there's a feature about that somewhere in the _Bay
And Delta Yachtsman_, but if so, I have yet to find it.



Geoff



"Nautical Surcharge"? On top of already high prices? Guess I'll see you
at the truck stop in your Chevy PU with a bed full of gerry cans.

Bill H boggles:

"Nautical Surcharge"? On top of already high prices?

Uhhh...yyyyyeah...

I'm not talking about an actual, formal surcharge; that's
why I put "nautical surcharge" in quotes. I was referring
to the way that fuel (gas or diesel) is more expensive at
fuel docks than the same stuff is at gas stations.

It's the result of that same "captive clientele," only-game-
in-town phenomenon that allows sports stadiums to get away
with charging astronomical prices for ****ty beer, and movie
theaters to demand ridiculous prices for the crap they sell
at the snack bar. That's why anybody with half a brain who
has a trailerable boat will fill it up at a gas station on
the way to the boat ramp, rather than buying gas at the fuel
dock.

I don't see that fuel prices being "already high" at gas
stations would prevent their continuing to be even higher
for boating use, just like they've always been. Do you?


Guess I'll see you at the truck stop in your Chevy PU with a
bed full of gerry cans.

Why not? It'd make sense. As log as fuel is more expensive
at the dock than it is at gas stations, the cost of the
jerrycans[*] would eventually be amortized.


[*] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_can


Geoff

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"As for this week's Clinton complaints, I imagine
Mrs. Thatcher would bop her on the head with her
purse." -- Peggy Noonan

"Geoff Miller" wrote in message
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Guess I'll see you at the truck stop in your Chevy PU with a
bed full of gerry cans.

Why not? It'd make sense. As log as fuel is more expensive
at the dock than it is at gas stations, the cost of the
jerrycans[*] would eventually be amortized.


[*] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_can


Geoff

Carrying gas down to the docks gets old real fast. Not to mention the
hazards involved. Plus, It's time consuming and you get to smell like raw
gas when you are done. All this to save $2.50 per Jerry Jug full of gas. Is
it worth it? Ante up fellas or find another hobby.

On Sun, 25 May 2008 06:32:04 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

Carrying gas down to the docks gets old real fast.
True.
Not to mention the hazards involved. Plus, It's time consuming and
Only unavoidable hazard is a sore back. You have the body to handle
it, or not. See below.
you get to smell like raw gas when you are done.
Only if you carelessly spill it.
All this to save $2.50 per Jerry Jug full of gas
Is it worth it? Ante up fellas or find another hobby.
Worth it? Maybe not.

Get a yoke like the ones used by third worlders to carry two buckets
of water. Puts the weight on the shoulders instead of the hands. Holds
the cans away from the body so that they don't hit the outside of the
knees.

My boat[175 hp 22 ft cuddy] has the fill openings on the sides of the
boat, and without a really complicated funnel, you can't fuel from
cans while underway, or on the trailer. Maybe one side if alongside a
dock.

Casady