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If I rent a boat through Pocket Yachts or another Red Hook area vendor, how much more does the fuel typically cost for a day, or a half day? Im considering renting a small power boat (20' or so).
Depends where you go and what you do! I don't mean to sound facetious but you could ask Dan at Pocket Yachts for a ballpark figure and I'm sure he'd be happy to help you out. Cheers!
The reason I ask here is that in the past when I have rented boats (other islands, not USVI), the estimated cost given by the proprietor has frequently come in far less than the actual cost. I would likely be headed over to Jost Van Dyke. Any guesstimates are appreciated.
Not sure, but I don't think Pocket Yachts allow their boats out of the territory, could be wrong on that, though!
There are a lot of variables but let me try to help confuse things a little. We use new engines that are very fuel efficient for our business. Twin Yamaha 150's and Twin ETEC 115's. For a trip to Jost on our boats you will use 12-20 gallons of fuel from St. John(add another 2-4 gallons from STT). Currently fuel is at $5.03 per gallon. The variance depends on how much cruising around Jost you do, heading around to Diamond Cay and Sandy Spit or simply just going to Great Harbor and White Bay. Awesome powerboats and Nauti Nymph rent boats with newer fuel efficient engines as bareboats. The pocket yachts have old 2-stroke mercury engines that are not as fuel efficient but since they are smaller boats they probably burn about the same fuel.
My suggestion would be to rent the smallest boat with 4-stroke engines you can from Awesome Powerboats or Nauti Nymph and you will end up spending the same amount in fuel as you will with the old 2-stroke engines but will get a slightly larger and more comfortable boat as well as more reliable engines.
-Josh
