Boaters Cut Back As Gas Prices Keep Going Up

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"Maybe you'll be travelling less distance or rationalizing your travel, but I don't think you will be using your boat less."

"I am not alone in this as I've seen examples at the marina, people using smaller boats to get to their islands because of the gas," said [Robert Montgomery]. "It's starting to become an issue."

"Typically, what I think I will do now is I won't put (the boat) in until I am on my vacation, so for the two or three weeks that I am up there I will bite the bullet and do a bit of recreational stuff," says Montgomery.

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Boaters Cut Back As Gas Prices Keep Going Up

By Daina Lawrence

OTTAWA -- Robert Montgomery used to power up his aging 100-horsepower outboard and blast out to his island property in mere minutes.

Those days are gone.

Water recreation i...

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