Boat Gas Poll
Friday July 28, 2006
What is your opinion on giving gas money to the boat owner? Is it a moral obligation, a rule of thumb, just plain obvious, or a crock?
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Comments
One should at least offer to help defray some of the cost of fuel. Especially with the price of gas now. If the driver/owner does not accept then that is up to them but at least you did offer.
With rising gas prices it is only good etiquette to offer the boat owner gas money. Unfortunately, the people who ride with you are not always avid “boaters” and don’t know the unwritten rules, nor do they know what gas hogs boats and jet ski’s are (not to mention most take premium fuel!). Would be nice if there was an easy way to say, “Hey man, pitch in.” Our general rule of thumb is, we will invite you once or twice and if you don’t at least offer to anty up, next time we probably won’t invite you.
Cheers,
CC
If you invite for the first time some friends its ok not to accept if they offer some help with fuel but when you are skiing enjoying several times of course you have to offer at list half of the comsuption I think its a must.
I will invite you and if you don’t ski or ride our waverunners I won’t ever take any money from you. If you ski and or ride around on the waverunners I will let it slide a time or 2, but then you are removed from my phone. I don’t want to have to collect or anything. There is a young kid on my block that will go skiing after I get home from work and so I won’t take any money from him, but that is because we always need a 3rd and he is a great kid!
When you ski with other people, it is customary to pitch in some fuel money into the glovebox of the boat….unless you alternate with the same people. we swap up, some pitch in, some bring refreshments and ice, some that do not reciproate with their boats are expected to pay for their fuel use. If they don’t, their invitation gets lost.
Money is always nice to give to the boat owner. Especially if you go with the person often.
I have never actually considered whether or not anyone should offer as money when we take the boat out, we often take people out wakeboarding with us but they can pull thier weight in other areas also (ie. beer and refreshments) but hey gas money would be nice!
When you’re invited to someone’s house for dinner, you ask if you can bring something. They may politely say you can bring dessert or turndown your offer therefore you bring a bottle of wine, flowers or something as a sign of gratitude. The really good skiers/boarders offer to put gas in your truck too!
Everybody nows this kind of fun costs mony. So when i am skiīng behind the boat of a friend, I give money, or I invite them/him/her back.