Well, like I said, it was back in the 80's. This guy was a salesman at an office supply company, and he told me one time he made around 18K A MONTH. The company he worked for at one point went out of business, and he was hired within 4 hours by a competitor. He could sell ice to the Eskimos. Anyway, to answer the question, it had 175 gallon tank, and we would burn it all in a day cruising the Potomac river between VA/MD. Whenever I went out on that boat, I would always offer to chip in on gas, and luckily, my friend always said "Don't worry about it" and I would breathe a sigh of relief. Filling his tank was more than the monthly payment on my boat. Jeff

Jeff Stewart

----- "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

yes..
and what is the fuel burn per hour on that boat ?

I don't think people realize that a good fill-up , on say a 40 foot power
boat ..
can be many hundreds , even thousands of dollars.

a guy I know on one of these lists was telling me about buying a fishing
boat in Alaska..
pretty good size one ..
A full load of fuel for it costs $ 75,000.

so sure ..more power is fun in power boats..but they can sure suck up the
fuel quickly. and expensively, unlike vanagons if you do it wisely.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: friday question(s)

> Very funny, and I'm sorry, I know I'm straying into Saturday on a Friday
> topic. For me it was power boats, and while I know it goes against the
> grain of most Vanagon owners, but IMHO, when it cam to engine size, the
> bigger the better. I never could afford one like this, but I was lucky
> enough back in the 80's to be friends with a guy who owned a 31' Chris
> Craft Scorpion. It had twin 420 hp Mercruisers and would do 88-90mph,
> which on water feels like you are riding in a missile. But while boats
> never did any damage to my marriage, Vanagons have come close! Jeff
>
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
>
>
> ----- "Jeff Schwaia" <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> BTDT... had a Cal 27 for quite a few years. You shouldn't assume (you know
> the rest of that saying).
>
> Long distance sailing is a great way to ruin relationships though. I've
> known three couples who were very happily married before they set off on
> long voyages (6+ months). All three of them had the same result... the
> wife
> got off and flew home.
>
> I wonder how many long distance Westfalia trips have ended that way? It's
> kind of the same circumstance. You're cooped up with the same person in a
> small space for weeks on end. I guess the big difference is that you can
> get out of the Westy, take a walk, talk to some other folks, etc.
>
> Happy Sailing,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Roland
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:49 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: friday question(s)
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
> I wish for you to some day understand Sailing.
>
> (Hint: its not about the money)
>
> Roland
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A hole in the water you throw money into? Sounds about right...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>