Trojan Boat Forum

Had a great trip on "Time Warp" yesterday. Midweek, very few boats on the water and great weather, boat running perfectly!.......... Took a nice cruise to lunch then stopped at the fuel dock on the way back. My boat is much smaller than many here and only has 100 gallon gas capacity. I had intentionally run her down to about 1/4 tanks to burn the old fuel prior to filling......paid $4.72 for 75 gallons......total just over $350 !! Prices will be well above $5.00 by Labor Day. I can only imagine the pain many of you must feel when filling up. Now that she's full I will go back to hauling 5 gallon cans and keep her topped off........fuel prices here are rocketing as a "supposed" result of the Chevron refinery fire. Funny how prices can go up overnight and then take months to trickle back down and never get back to where they were. And they say demand for gas is down..........fuel costs will definitely have an impact on my boating this year...........John

Todays paper the farmers that use corn for feed are begging the govt to cut back on amount of alcohol produced, I would be very surprised to see that happen.

Shell doesn't even use Corn - they use ethanol from Brazilian cane sugar.

Great plan - the gas companies keep spanking us.

Oh well - filed up the 18 with good old E-Free yesterday. Not sure what it cost - I don't look any more.

Figures as they are Royal Dutch Shell, not a US company

+1 to Larry, did I do the correct spelling of (to)????

Hey.. up here in Canada, premium is running about $6/gal at the
corner gas station...
... and we're an oil exporting nation.. well, at least till China buys up all the oil sands and ships it themselves back home..

I just personally think that its ridiculous that the price difference between "marine" and "conventional" gasoline is soo much in difference... there really isnt much difference except maybe fuel stabilizer which no way in hell costs that much more.

I think the premium at a marina for the same blend is the result of insurance.

Same her in Germany: 4.64 USD per gallon.

26.5 gallons (100 Liter) 214.0 USD (174 EUR).
Filled up the tanks for 737,34 USD (600 EUR)
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Greetings - Heiner

here in fl i just paid 4.40 a gal for 89 enthanol free marina fuel. 105 gal tank. this sucks...i used to go out way more often than i do now.

insurance or not i still think that its ridiculous that marine fuel is $1.00+ per gallon premium on regular gas even thou most people buying marine grade buy in bulk..... compared to automotive... but its one of those things i cant do a dam thing about so ill just biach about it lol...

Some statement about found in Financial Times:

http://tinyurl.com/c9dvwqe
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Greetings Heiner

Vitaliy wrote:I just personally think that its ridiculous that the price difference between "marine" and "conventional" gasoline is soo much in difference... there really isnt much difference except maybe fuel stabilizer which no way in hell costs that much more.

As a Marina operator, I may be able to shed some light on why there is a major differance. First of all, fuel handling on the water is strictly regulated with many requirements not associated with conventional refuelling facilities, mainly due to invironmental issues. In Canada the TSSA set out guidlines for safety regulations and equipment minimum requirements and provide stiff fines for those not following these regulations. This is in addition to other Government Agencys involvement. Complying is expensive. Here are a couple of reasons that most people may not think of.

1. ONLY trained personal are allowed to fuel boats. (in Canada) We have 10 fully trained staff working our fuel docks. Unlike pumping your own fuel at the gas station, we have wages to pay trained and experienced staff.
2. Marinas MUST have and maintain emergancy spill equipment which is expensive and is big part of staff training.
3. Annual inspections Must be carried out on tanks, pumps and equipment, costing several thousands of dollars, every season.
4. Fuel delivery to a Marina, usually off the main roads, on islands, etc. increases costs.
We are required to replace our tanks, due to age, for next season. Our cost to install new above ground tanks is 150K.

Fuel stabilizer??

#4 is a lot of it for sure , added to the fact most marinas can not take a full tanker load .