$1.84 per gallon!

Wow, I never expected to see this. I'm filling up now for $1.84 per gal, plus sales tax. This is at Covich in Ballard, Seattle. Needless to say, I'm squeezing in every gallon that I can.

Today prices are crazy!

I filled my tanks not that long ago but plan to top off when I get to Savannah next weekend. As long as prices stay low, I'll be happy to have full tanks. Just a bit longer runs for the polisher pump.

By the time we launch next spring, prices wil probably be back up to $4+/gal.

if your tanks are empty you can you get a truck to come out? It's better to leave the tanks full anyway right?

I sometimes take a lunchtime walk at the Locks in Seattle and today had the pleasure of seeing Twisted Tree taking Tanglewood through the small lock for some sea trials. Had a nice conversation. Tried to take some shots with the phone but it was stuck on video. Will try to upload 2 short videos. Good looking boat!

Well, guess the videos did not upload.

twistedtree said:

Wow, I never expected to see this. I'm filling up now for $1.84 per gal, plus sales tax. This is at Covich in Ballard, Seattle. Needless to say, I'm squeezing in every gallon that I can.

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Outstanding!!!! I looked at our fuel logs. On May 22, 2008, Lake Union, we paid $4.78/gallon (tax included) and that was after calling every fuel dock on Lake Union and Ballard. That was for 400 plus gallons.

.80/gallon in 2002 on way to Bahamas from Toronto. Doesn't seem that long ago .... dream on.

Well, I should have learned by now that when I can't do something on the iPhone, all I need to do is ask my 15 year old daughter. She was amazed I did not know how to do a "scrren shot" from a video. So, hopefully here are a few screen shots of Twisted Tree and MV Tanglewood heading through the locks in Seattle!

No Mast said:

if your tanks are empty you can you get a truck to come out? It's better to leave the tanks full anyway right?

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Mine were filled at layup sorry to say.

I think I paid $3.80/gal in Anacortes at "Krogin" on or about Sept 20, 2014.

Sigh!


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Diesel price

Sadly I had to pay $5 a galloon down in Sint Maarten last year.

Any idea what happened to marinefuel.com ? I've not had any luck accessing the site. I go back to the Caribbean in the spring and need to draw a serious amount of fuel. I was hoping to get the latest fuel prices of there site.

Great pictures, THD - thanks and nice chatting with you. The Seatrials were a success, but Simrad still has their work cut to for them. Either way, it was nice to get on on the water.

$2.35/gal in anacortes last Saturday. I remember .57 from the truck in 1999

Twisted, that price is hard to believe if for price of diesel. Diesel here costs about a dollar more per gallon than gasoline.

$1.84!!! Last weekend we paid $3.09 at Morrisons. Should have gone a little further down the canal.

markpierce said:

Twisted, that price is hard to believe if for price of diesel. Diesel here costs about a dollar more per gallon than gasoline.

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I know. I called them back again to confirm because I didn't believe it. Then I went over and now have 1689 gal of it in my belly, or should I say the boat's belly.

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I know. I called them back again to confirm because I didn't believe it. Then I went over and now have 1689 gal of it in my belly, or should I say the boat's belly.

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And here I'm limited to 300-or-so gallon capacity (but good for 1000 to 1400 nm.).

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And here I'm limited to 300-or-so gallon capacity (but good for 1000 to 1400 nm.).

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Quantity does matters. I told them I would buy 1500 gal and that I'd pay by check, not credit card. That got the price. I don't know where the volume price breaks are, nor how much they add for credit cards. The other big place down the cove (Ballard Oil) was $2.27 for the same quantity and cash deal.

Wow, was that with cash or credit? They will give a few extra pennies with cash at Covich as well.

We took on 300 gallons today at Covich & Williams- $2.14/gallon! Cash price $2.04 (found that out just as we were getting ready to leave....

Ballard Oil was $2.65 for the same quantity.

Pau Hana said:

We took on 300 gallons today at Covich & Williams- $2.14/gallon! Cash price $2.04 (found that out just as we were getting ready to leave....

Ballard Oil was $2.65 for the same quantity.

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That gives some insight into the volume discount. It sounds like buying 1500 gal vs 300 got me a 20c per gal discount.

markpierce said:

Twisted, that price is hard to believe if for price of diesel. Diesel here costs about a dollar more per gallon than gasoline.

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CALIFORNIA!! Don't you just love it