Here is pain for ya. I'm taking the family out to Essex, Montauk, Block Is. and Newport next week on my 50' Bertram. To avoid Montauks $7+/gal diesel price, I'll take on 900-1000 gallons down here @ $5.60.
All things considered, I filled the boat last fall @ $2.89 per gallon and I have not taken on any fuel yet this year.

At the rate I am going, 1K will last me all season. I've been doing a lot of no-wake cruising and really haven't had a lot of opportunity to open it up. A couple trips to Lake Erie should bump things up a little.

We have been going shorter distances now and I bet $1000 would last us almost half the summer. I've started the 5 gallon jug shuffle to the boat to get that extra few gallons that would not be possible if I had it delivered and filled as I had in the past. I can also get regular instead of mid grade so it saves even more.

50 gallons per week end is the current rate.

I recently took a ride in a Nor-Tech cat with two 1075s. Up here in Canada, where gas is more expensive, the owner says it burns $1,000 US per hour flat out, or $500 per hour cruising.

Not buying that one. Gas is 1.39 per liter at my marina and I'm expecting it to go down slightly this weekend . . .