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09-07-2013, 09:20 AM
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as a former marina owner I always buy my gas at the dock. Not sure about the places you guys are keeping your boats but I was a small business ran by myself and wife, every bit helped.
there is a fuel tax added to marine fuel that goes toward building public access ramps etc that increases the price for marine fuel, at least where I am. we paid about the same as what you would on the street or a bit more.
there is a fuel tax added to marine fuel that goes toward building public access ramps etc that increases the price for marine fuel, at least where I am. we paid about the same as what you would on the street or a bit more.
09-07-2013, 12:18 PM
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Being a trailer boater, I try to fill up before I hit the water. That being said, if I'm on the water more than a day at a time, I'll opt for marina gas. Not worth the hassle of pulling out just to save a few bucks. Plus, I know I'm getting non-ethanol at the marina.....
09-07-2013, 12:28 PM
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I guess I'm the abby normal 1 
I have been hauling gas to my docks with (6) 6 gallon jugs for 13 years now.... So I get 36 gallons at a shot, and I usually dump the 36 gallons in the next morning, and go fill the cans again. Plus I can get 93 non-ethanol gas off the water.
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I have been hauling gas to my docks with (6) 6 gallon jugs for 13 years now.... So I get 36 gallons at a shot, and I usually dump the 36 gallons in the next morning, and go fill the cans again. Plus I can get 93 non-ethanol gas off the water.Dean
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09-07-2013, 05:28 PM
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I have a 46 gallon fuel tank on an eighteen foot 1988 Donzi. The 454 c.i. motor with modified head work and camshaft really requires ethanol free gas. Our marinas on Lake Washington do not serve ethanol free gas. The closest place for me to obtain the good gas is out in Issaquah ten miles away. I use a 28 gallon fuel caddy. Yes, it is a terrible hassle for me at age 74 to wrestle a full fuel caddy out of the car and onto the dock, but it just has to be done as the boat is on a lift.
09-07-2013, 06:46 PM
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It is written into my slip lease that we are not allowed to fuel our boats in our slips and if caught your lease will be terminated. That is why a lot of us that can trailer out boats pull to the local station 10 miles away when the marina gets stupid and wants a $1/gal more for there fuel than what the road stations are charging.
***I am pretty sure it is illegal or not allowed at every marina in the country. Same thing at launches.
That being said, it isnt worth the risk let alone it is ethanol based gasoline. At the end of the day, it isnt worth it.
09-07-2013, 09:26 PM
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I have 90 non-ethanol delivered, just paid $3.93 a gallon, 87 is $3.60 at the pump here and the closest marine is charging $5.15 right now. It is the best thing ever. Lugging gas cans just doesn't seem worth it. I have filled up at the gas station a few times when the boat was on the trailer and even that is a huge hassle. If you catch a slow pump you can be there pumping for an hour, trying to get the boat and trailer in and out, yahoos making comments and asking you ridiculous questions, etc.
