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Originally Posted by Just Sold
I was at Fay's Wednesday and had just filled up when they came to raise the price to $2.23 9/10  . Glad I was already finished with a 70 gallon tank.  {snip}
We all pay plenty for gas on the lake and I feel the prices should be closer to what we pay at the pumps for our cars and trucks. We are penalized for having a "recreational vehicle" ie a boat.
I know we a least can get our state tax back but that is not the point and by the way my boat is not a high speed gas hog - just a 22' cuddy w/a 260 hp V8. |
While I'd like the dock price to be closer to the street price, I'm not holding my breath. It's basic supply vs demand and we're the "stuckees". Also I think dock gas is slightly higher octane (?91?) than regular unleaded, further segregating us from the masses. That said, remember 3 yrs ago when gas was also 'outrageous'. The dock price was pretty much the same as the street price. Except, of course, at Downings. I believe the suppliers know they can only get so much blood from the boaters.
Really what we need is a revolution/evolution in boat design to increase gas mileage. Disagreeing a bit with what you said above, all our boats are gas hogs. Think about boat MPG (blowboats excepted) vs car (even SUV) MPG. Yikes ! I still hope that, given the drop in electronics costs, a way to make deployable hydrofoils available to the mass market may happen. Perhaps prolonged "high" gas prices may spur some innovation ???
