Fuel for a day out

[Bigplumbs]

Its an odd question as there is no such thing as a typical day,so the closest i can come up with is the total spent on fuel in a year divided by the number of days i used the boat, on that basis i get £26 per day for a windy 25 with a 260hp diesel engine.

That is exactly the sort of information I am after. Simple and a good average. This helps people a lot when considering their next boat

Thanks

Dennis

 

[TheOrs]

Fletcher 238 - 350 Mercruiser Magnum.

Day out:
Laira to Cawsand and back.
About 1.5 miles at 5 knots and 3.5 miles at 25 knots each way (10 miles).
4 - 6 people on board.
£30 ish

Longer trip:
Torquay to Plymouth, stopping at Salcombe.
About 60 miles; most of it at about 25 knots.
2 adults, 2 kids.
£300 ish (fuel from marina (~£1.80/litre) and fuel barge (~£1.90/litre))

 

[Momac]

(fuel from marina (~£1.80/litre) and fuel barge (~£1.90/litre))

For me, in a cruiser with cabins of 25ft upwards, fuel cost is a big reason to have a diesel
Not only does a diesel use less quantity of fuel , but also the cost of the diesel per litre is about half.

 

[Bigplumbs]

For me, in a cruiser with cabins of 25ft upwards, fuel cost is a big reason to have a diesel
Not only does a diesel use less quantity of fuel , but also the cost of the diesel per litre is about half.

Those marina prices for fuel are taking the piss no wonder people refuel from cans. No need for that sort of price hike over 'normal' prices that are already too high

 

[sprocker]

Those marina prices for fuel are taking the piss no wonder people refuel from cans. No need for that sort of price hike over 'normal' prices that are already too high

Devils advocate.......if everyone stopped filling with jerry cans and bought from the marina, maybe they would be able to drop their prices?

 

[SnaxMuppet]

Devils advocate.......if everyone stopped filling with jerry cans and bought from the marina, maybe they would be able to drop their prices?

If only that were true. I would love to use the marina to fill my Antares 7 all the time and I would support them if I thought that the prices would significantly drop but marinas, well, those around Plymouth, charge so much for everything that I feel that they are more likely to put up their prices if demand increases.

I fuel from jerry cans. I use less than 40 litres on most of my days so two cans takes care of a days boating most of the time. If I do a long passage then yes, I'll use the marina.

 

[Phildorset]

If only that were true. I would love to use the marina to fill my Antares 7 all the time and I would support them if I thought that the prices would significantly drop but marinas, well, those around Plymouth, charge so much for everything that I feel that they are more likely to put up their prices if demand increases.

I fuel from jerry cans. I use less than 40 litres on most of my days so two cans takes care of a days boating most of the time. If I do a long passage then yes, I'll use the marina.

interesting twist; so pushing a 50+ footer along at 20+ knots on diesel at 'MDL cost rate' starts to look acceptable against the more frugal big outboards at these sorts of inflated petrol prices! I can get my hourly costs up to a peak of somewhere approaching £200 per hour... (of course average trip use is lots less).

 

[Bigplumbs]

interesting twist; so pushing a 50+ footer along at 20+ knots on diesel at 'MDL cost rate' starts to look acceptable against the more frugal big outboards at these sorts of inflated petrol prices! I can get my hourly costs up to a peak of somewhere approaching £200 per hour... (of course average trip use is lots less).

So what would be your average trip use

 

[Phildorset]

So what would be your average trip use

oops, yes, forgot the reply rules!

as we've only this season joined in this big boat stuff our average to date is not helpful - we're building up our confidence with little day trips out to Studland, Swanage etc. but for what it's worth that's still up at around £100 a trip.

 

[beejay190]

If only that were true. I would love to use the marina to fill my Antares 7 all the time and I would support them if I thought that the prices would significantly drop but marinas, well, those around Plymouth, charge so much for everything that I feel that they are more likely to put up their prices if demand increases.

I fuel from jerry cans. I use less than 40 litres on most of my days so two cans takes care of a days boating most of the time. If I do a long passage then yes, I'll use the marina.

So what is the price diff per litre of petrol between your local marina and local petrol station.?

 

[TheOrs]

So what is the price diff per litre of petrol between your local marina and local petrol station.?

Petrol station: 95RON = ~ £1.15/litre
Queen Annes Battery Marina: Petrol = £1.36/litre, Diesel = £0.90/litre (according to the sign on the harbour wall).
So, in this case, fuelling from the marina rather than cans would cost me roughly an extra £50 for every 100 miles travelled. It doesn't sound so bad if you put it like that.

To be fair the =~ £1.90/litre I mentioned earlier was from the fuel barge in Salcombe harbour. There must be plenty of extra costs in supplyng fuel that way.

 

[beejay190]

Petrol station: 95RON = ~ £1.15/litre
Queen Annes Battery Marina: Petrol = £1.36/litre, Diesel = £0.90/litre (according to the sign on the harbour wall).
So, in this case, fuelling from the marina rather than cans would cost me roughly an extra £50 for every 100 miles travelled. It doesn't sound so bad if you put it like that.

To be fair the =~ £1.90/litre I mentioned earlier was from the fuel barge in Salcombe harbour. There must be plenty of extra costs in supplyng fuel that way.

Thanks for that . When i started boating 13 years ago i had a petrol engine bowrider and used to lug 2 x 20 litre cans to the boat. The following 3 boats i owned were all diesel powered and i bought fuel from waterside suppliers ( mostly at Cobbs Quay ).
I sold my last boat in September 2015 and after a 2 year sabbatical i am planning to buy a little petrol runabout, most likely a MF 645 or 695, or a Benny 680, in time for the 2018 season. Dont know how much fuel i will use a year- best guess 1,000 litres max. So, if i buy from a waterside supplier it will cost (say) £1,360 or from a petrol station (say) £1,150 - a saving of £210. Unfortunately my rusty old body could not cope with the effort and hassle of lugging petrol from a petrol station all for the purpose of saving a modest £210, so i will buy from the waterside supplier.

[ Recognise others may take the opposing view and indeed may have no choice where there is a famine of waterside suppliers ]

Cheers

 

[Bigplumbs]

Yes indeed. As I have said where I do my boating there is no where to get fuel. So cans or tubs it has to be but we now have a system and it works well.