From what started out as a complaint (and it sounds well founded) this has become a really useful source of information.
We were completely oblivious the first time we went out with Benno; did we really use that much fuel, did we really go through that much bait. The truth is we did (well maybe not the bait bit - Benno goes a bit nuts buying bait). We trusted Ben and we are lucky that he is one of the many good guys on the site.
The point is that the non-boaters know little about the expenses of a day on the water and this thread will go a long way to help inform us all. So thanks to Gazz for starting the thread and sorry to hear about your bad experience.
The up side is that we have our skipper well trained now, he mixes a fantastic gin and tonic, keeps my hook baited and takes all the icky fish of the hook for me - thanks Benno. :silly: