Fuel Efficiency

Price of gas making you cut back on the top shelf liquor and tipping dock girls? Here are some tips from the airline industry on how they are cutting costs. I haven't seen any yacht specific articles, but I would guess many of the tips might be useful to think about. As the price of gas goes up, engine/hull efficiency will be more important than ever. Don't think your hull makes a difference? Ask us to buff/wax a test spot and feel the difference yourself.

But even specks of dirt are considered culprits. American and Southwest are washing a handful of jet engines each night, a process that used to happen only during thorough maintenance overhauls. Southwest figures it has already saved $1.6 million in fuel costs since April by reducing the drag caused by dirt and debris.

Ideas to save gas money for yacht owners...

Lighter tender
Lighter wife (kidding!)
More liquor, less beer
Propeller balancing
Buff/waxed hull