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Boat Forum / Cruising / May 2005Cost of Diesel in USA
Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel fuel in either US gallons or litres? It would be great if someone could also give me an idea of the same in the Caribbean - I realise that it must vary from place to place. Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap. When we built our sailboat we never realised just how much time we would have to spend motoring due to lack of a decent wind - in South East Asia and the Mediterranean in particular. In New Zealand, we get good sailing breezes of 10 to 30 knots much of the time. Thanks, Peter Hendra NZ yacht Herodotus > Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel > fuel in either US gallons or litres? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Also, what is the current cost of petrol for cars. When I was there > last, about 8 years ago, it seemed incredibly cheap. About 40%-50% of prices in Europe. Presently, prices are very high by US standards, about $2.30/US gallon here in Southern California for land based purchases of either this week. Last week it was $2.40. Add 15%-30% for marina pricing. HTH Lew >> Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel >> fuel in either US gallons or litres? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Lew You should have added, California prices are at least $.30 more than the rest of the country. John Cairns In Florida, boat diesel was $2.04/gal. Today, I paid $2.07/gal for gas for my truck. > In Florida, boat diesel was $2.04/gal. Today, I paid $2.07/gal for gas > for my truck. Diesel at the marina - $2.48 Diesel at the truckstop - $2.12 Gas at the marina - $2.29 Gas at the stations - $1.92 Gas taxes (SC + Federal at the stations)- $.343 but we're looking hungrily at increasing it by 7c so we can steal more from the people.... Diesel taxes (SC + Fed at stations) - $.393 same increase coming soon.... Gas tax at marinas, even though your boat won't go down the interstate, is the same as gas tax at the stations. Diesel fuel at the marina is $0....so why does diesel cost so MUCH MORE at the marina with 40c less tax on it?? Greed.... >Diesel taxes (SC + Fed at stations) - $.393 same increase coming soon.... >Gas tax at marinas, even though your boat won't go down the interstate, is >the same as gas tax at the stations. Diesel fuel at the marina is $0....so >why does diesel cost so MUCH MORE at the marina with 40c less tax on it?? > >Greed.... One local marine fuel dock claims that if they were a land gas station, the fuel company would shut them down because they don't sell enough fuel - they certainly don't sell enough to get any sort of "quantity discount". That station mainly serves pleasure craft - a big sale may be 100 gallons, a typical sailboat will buy 10 gallons - if I go into Vancouver Harbour, I can get diesel for 20 cents/litre less, at a fuel barge that serves the harbour tugs and other large consumers. Last time I was there, a tug had just taken on 7,000 gallons! (the barge may sell that sort of quantity several times a day!)  SignaturePeter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca > One local marine fuel dock claims that if they were a land gas > station, the fuel company would shut them down because they don't sell > enough fuel - they certainly don't sell enough to get any sort of > "quantity discount". That might be true in Daytona Beach with no access to the ocean, where the pumps are just gas station pumps at the fuel docks. It's not true in port cities, like Charleston, where the diesel guzzling fiberglass monsters take aboard fuel hoses that look like fire hoses to fill those 3000 gallon tanks to feed the beasts. There's no dollar meter on the big pumps because the wheels would spin right off the shaft...(c; The gallon meters sure screw up breathtakingly.... This week is Spoleto Festival in Charleston. The super cruisers will all be here for a couple of weeks. The fuel tractor-tankers will be going to the docks a "few times a day" as they're sucked dry. The fuel docks will make a substantial profit at these prices...... >>> Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel >>> fuel in either US gallons or litres? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >You should have added, California prices are at least $.30 more than the >rest of the country. Not New York. Diesel at the marina dock is >$2.75. At a land based filling station, >$2.55 (our car is a diesel). Cheapest diesel we have seen was $2.10 on the New Jersey Turnpike. Thanks for this Lew, By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on Yacht-L or somesuch list a few years ago? Peter Hendra >> Would someone please give me an idea of the cost to boatees of diesel >> fuel in either US gallons or litres? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Lew > Thanks for this Lew, > By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on > Yacht-L or somesuch list a few years ago? Yep and I'm still on Yacht-L. How about you? Lew No, I signed off when we left Sydney over 5 years ago. We have been sailing ever since and have only been able to use web mail. I have forgotten how I got onto it. It would be appreciated if you would email me to refresh my memory. It was very good; no spam, no cross posting and messages from God, no Russian porn. By the way, how is the boat building project. I don't think I would have the courage to take any longer than the three years it took me to build ours. That was long enough and I got sick of being poor. At the end of this year I hope to sail across from Spain to the US. I have travelled between Boston and New York and can't wait to sail there. regards, Peter Hendra, NZ yacht Herodotus >> Thanks for this Lew, >> By the way, are you the Lew who was "building in the heartland" on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Lew |
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