Fuel for Thought
Tips on Stretching Your Fuel Dollars

Unless you travel by canoe, kayak, rowboat, sailboard, or an engineless sailboat, the extraordinarily high cost of petroleum is undoubtedly causing you a pain in your wallet. Depending on the type of boat you use and the way you use it, the discomfort may be moderate if you have an auxiliary sailboat or a displacement powerboat, or severe to intolerable if you’re operating a planing hull boat that you routinely cruise at close to its maximum speed. Regardless of which category your boat occupies, there’s little doubt that you would like to spend less money on fuel, leaving more for other things you enjoy.

There’s only one practical way you can reduce the amount of money you spend for fuel: reduce the amount you buy. Using your boat less will surely cut your fuel cost, but that’s an anathema to those who love being on the water. No, the best approach to reducing the amount of money you spend for fuel is by reducing the amount of fuel ...

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