Now you folks are on my turf. I can take my Formula 27 PC with twin 350s
20-30 minutes out into the Peconic Bay off Long Island (Robins Island),
anchor, and spend the rest of the day kayaking, swimming, reading,
fishing, etc. A 105 gallon tank is painful to refuel, but I'm only on my
3rd partial fillup of the season (about $3.10 bucks a gallon for 91 octane
currently). Should be good till end of September. I'd estimate I spent
about $500-600 bucks on gas this year. I'll admit to not going out to
Block Island, up the Connecticut River (except earlier in the year), up to
the Island (Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket) because of the cost of fuel. But
I am using my boat as much as ever. You see, boats have anchors......

A boater can adjust to rising gas prices by not driving to far off places
like Nantucket (from LI). No one I know keeps their boats at the dock due
to gas -- minor expense relative to cost of the boat, maintenance, docking
fees, transient docking fees, etc.