Inland Boater Forum

Hey Salt and Big fifty,

Have you guys thought about bulk fuel purchases.  With all the boaters there in Michigan at least, you might be able to pre-purchase a bunch of fuel at a discount rate through your marina. This might make cruising hurt a little less. How about texas.  Can’t you guys buy an oil well or something? If you do, send a truck up here, I probably use 1200 gallons or more a season.

Lemme kno

BayBay’s Kid - 21 April 2008 12:12 PM

Hey Salt and Big fifty,

Have you guys thought about bulk fuel purchases.  With all the boaters there in Michigan at least, you might be able to pre-purchase a bunch of fuel at a discount rate through your marina. This might make cruising hurt a little less. How about texas.  Can’t you guys buy an oil well or something? If you do, send a truck up here, I probably use 1200 gallons or more a season.

Lemme kno

I WISH WE COULD BUY A WELL OR SOMETHING THAT COULD SAVE US SOME MONEY ON GAS, BUT IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I WOULD BE IN FOR SURE!!

From what I heard, all of the members of a club prepay the fuel through their marina’s gas dock so they don’t need a place to store fuel.  They get the discount because of the amount of fuel they purchase in advance.  This way they’re insulated for the season against price increases.

BayBay’s Kid - 22 April 2008 08:59 AM

From what I heard, all of the members of a club prepay the fuel through their marina’s gas dock so they don’t need a place to store fuel.  They get the discount because of the amount of fuel they purchase in advance.  This way they’re insulated for the season against price increases.

I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK, HOWEVER I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA

Or, if every boater had a card that subtracted the number of gallons purchased from their total. That could work.  Since every boater in the club is assigned a slip, it may also be easy to keep track of the number of gallons used per slip.

I guess it’s sill aproblem if a club member doesn’t keep his/her boat at the marina but you can still keep track by name.

BayBay’s Kid - 22 April 2008 04:57 PM

Or, if every boater had a card that subtracted the number of gallons purchased from their total. That could work.  Since every boater in the club is assigned a slip, it may also be easy to keep track of the number of gallons used per slip.

I guess it’s sill aproblem if a club member doesn’t keep his/her boat at the marina but you can still keep track by name.

SLIP OR NO SLIP JUST ISSUE A CARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT PAY AND WHEN THEY FILL UP SHOW THERE CARD, IT’S JUST LIKE PREPAY WITH A DISCOUNT FOR BUYING IN BULK

Interesting concept going to Iceland, such an unusual place. Although my brief experience of a diving exped there in the summer of 2002 for 4 weeks was that the weather was on the whole dreadful. Windy, wet and cool 10C and the people we worked with said if you think this was bad you should come in the winter! I saw some great sights and actually went for a bril dive in the huge lake near the old parliment site. As for the other dives, the underwater vis was not to put a finer point on it awful.

Gullfoss was excellent and the locals were lovely and friendly, hot tubs well worth it but take your own alcohol as a round of drinks will empty your wallet.