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Weekend Pundit · 07-24-2007, 05:34 PM

I made the rounds yesterday on my way to Lakeport Landing to buy gas. Here's what I saw:

Fay's: Still $3.509
Thurston's: $3.399
Channel Marine: $3.429
Irwin: $3.299
Lakeport Landing: $3.079

I didn't see anyone filling up at any place except Lakeport, and they had almost a dozen boats waiting to gas up when I arrived.

Fortunately I didn't have to wait all that long because there was one space at the dock that could only take boats under 22 feet in length. The crew at the gas dock would whistle up the shorter boats to move into that spot to gas up. That way they were able to make use of all the pumps rather than only three of the four.

Our wait was all of 10 minutes and it only took us about 5 minutes to gas up (our runabout only holds 30 gallons and I pumped about 22 gallons).

Still, the only limiting factor was how much gas boats were taking on. The gas crew worked quickly and I doubt that anyone had to wait more than 15 minutes to pull up at the pump.

07-24-2007, 05:34 PM	#88
Weekend Pundit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 347 Thanks: 26 Thanked 69 Times in 42 Posts	Gas Prices as of 7/23/2007 I made the rounds yesterday on my way to Lakeport Landing to buy gas. Here's what I saw: Fay's: Still $3.509 Thurston's: $3.399 Channel Marine: $3.429 Irwin: $3.299 Lakeport Landing: $3.079 I didn't see anyone filling up at any place except Lakeport, and they had almost a dozen boats waiting to gas up when I arrived. Fortunately I didn't have to wait all that long because there was one space at the dock that could only take boats under 22 feet in length. The crew at the gas dock would whistle up the shorter boats to move into that spot to gas up. That way they were able to make use of all the pumps rather than only three of the four. Our wait was all of 10 minutes and it only took us about 5 minutes to gas up (our runabout only holds 30 gallons and I pumped about 22 gallons). Still, the only limiting factor was how much gas boats were taking on. The gas crew worked quickly and I doubt that anyone had to wait more than 15 minutes to pull up at the pump.