A recent informal poll by the Walker Agency, which handles PR for several companies in the outdoors, pegged the average price per gallon of gas at marinas (among those who responded to the email survey) at $3.75.
The agency heard from boaters in Long Island, Hawaii, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arizona, Indiana, Connecticut and Virginia. Some highlights:
> Among those reporting, the highest price per gallon at marinas was $4.32 in coastal Alabama, with ethanol fuel costing about 10 cents less.
> Next highest were Long Island at $4.20 and southwest Florida at $4.25.
> The lowest reported cost was Virginia at $2.93, although the respondent said there was nary a boater in sight. And it was a weekday.
> A Connecticut boat dealer that sells gas on the water, and which says it tries to keep the price as low as possible, sells gas for $3.75 per gallon.
> With the exception of Virginia, all those who responded put the price in the $3.00 range with a minority over $4.00.
