How to Save Money on Gas – For Your Boat

Owning a boat isn’t a cheap prospect. In addition to the obvious expenses like boat insurance and maintenance, it can take an awful lot of fuel to get your watercraft around. Even if you’re only using your boat a few days a month, the cost of gassing up your boat can really add up.

To make matters worse, it’s not like there’s a ton of information out there about making your boat more economical in terms of its fuel use. It’s not as if you can inflate your tires on your boat properly to save money on gas. (Although, inflating your car tires and your boat trailer tires may help with your vehicle gas mileage, of course.)

Fortunately, there are a few things you can do in order to save a few bucks at the boat gas pump. In many ways, it requires you to understand your boat’s displacement design. Some boats are designed with displacement hulls, and some boats are designed with semi-displacement hulls, while others are planning. Each has its way to improve fuel economy.

Displacement and Semi-Displacement Hulls

A boat with a displacement hull is designed to force its way through the water. It doesn’t creep up on top of the water, or

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