Boaters Paying $425 Per Refuel Are More Often Staying Ashore

Off the southern shores of Louisiana’s Bayou Country, where the Mississippi River turns brackish as it spills into the Gulf, Khristian Rousseve has been easing the throttle on his twin-engine, 27-foot Blazer 2700 Hybrid Bay to make his fuel last longer. The souped-up fishing rig holds 110 gallons of gasoline, an outlay of just over $300 at the start of this year. Since the US and Israel began a war against Iran, rattling global energy markets, a refuel costs as much as $425. “Right now, I’m kind of at my max,” says Rousseve, 23. “It’s one day at a ...