The Numbers - from the Captain

There has been some interest in the cost of marina dockage and fuel. I will refrain from publishing any information about restaurant costs, other than to say the expense has been more than justified by the quality of the food we have been consuming. When possible I have been comparing Shotgun Shrimp dishes, also called Bang Bang shrimp at the New Orleans restaurant in Demopolis Marina.... The Shotgun Shrimp at Felix's Fish camp (Mobile) is by far the best I have had anywhere. Just read this description from their menu:

Felix’s Shotgun Shrimp
Lightly breaded jumbo Gulf shrimp tossed in a hot and spicy Thai Chili sauce with Chipotle and
Habanero peppers. Served with creamy sweet slaw. It’s lip-numbing good. 8.95

So far all Marina's we have stayed in are charging $1.00/foot/night the only one charging extra for Electricity has been Columbus marina. The Marina at Florence did not charge us as we came in late one evening and left early and no one was at the marina to deal with us, so when we phoned to give our CC info the Manager refused to charge us,

Now on to the fuel....
We started from Goose Pond on full tanks price $4.099/gal  2 Nov 2012
First top up Grand Harbour < 100 Gals price $4.039  8 Nov 2012   4.55 gph  1.88 mpg  @ 11.7 mph avg. speed. Miles traveled = 163.2
Second top up Dog River < 200 Gals   price $3.849  20 Nov 2012  3.25 gph  2.39 mpg  @   9.2 mph avg. speed. Miles traveled= 477.5                                                                                                            

We did run on one engine for about two of those more recent days.... but we are well on our way to working on keeping the mpg in the low 2's.