Founding Boaters
Pacific Northwest Fuel Mate is a public beta, and it's still early. Founding Boaters are the boaters using it now — while it's being built, not after — and helping decide what it becomes next.
Why We're Building This
Marina fuel prices and boating information are often difficult to locate, inconsistently published, subject to frequent change, and dependent on local knowledge — the kind of thing one boater picks up by word of mouth and another has no way to find. Pacific Northwest Fuel Mate exists to make that easier, as a community-oriented resource rather than a one-way information source.
Our Vision
Beyond fuel prices and trip planning, we'd like Pacific Northwest Fuel Mate to grow into a place boaters can find trusted marine professionals and services — potential areas include marine mechanics, diesel technicians, surveyors, electrical and electronics specialists, heating and air-conditioning technicians, plumbing and sanitation specialists, fiberglass and paint professionals, canvas and upholstery providers, detailing and maintenance services, boating education, and cruising resources. None of this exists yet — it's a direction we're considering, not a current feature.
Why Join
This app is being shaped by the people actually using it. As a Founding Boater, what you report, what you ask for, and what doesn't work for you has a direct line back to what gets built next — not a suggestion box that disappears into a backlog.
Who We're Looking For
Boaters cruising Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and Hood Canal today — yacht club members, marina and fuel-dock staff who can help keep prices accurate, and anyone who plans trips, tracks fuel costs, or wants a better tool for either.
How to Participate
- Run a trip through the Trip Fuel Calculator and save your boat's numbers for next time.
- Plan a Cruise, save its legs, and log fuel purchases to see estimated vs. actual cost.
- Sign in and report a fuel price from a marina's own page on the Marina Fuel Prices directory.
- Browse Boater Resources and tell us what's missing.
- Email ideas, bugs, or anything confusing to ideas@pnwfuelmate.com.
Roadmap
- Trip Fuel Calculator, with saved boat profiles for signed-in boaters.
- Marina Fuel Price Directory and an interactive Fuel Map.
- Cruises & Fuel History — plan trips, save legs, log fuel purchases, and view an Annual Summary or export a trip to PDF.
- Community Fuel Price Reporting, with optional photo evidence and public “Community reported” credit once approved.
- Boater Resources, a curated (and still-growing) directory.
- Fuel price coverage across more marinas — most marinas' fuel availability is still unverified today.
- Boater Resources categories — most are still marked “Coming Soon” while we curate real recommendations.
- Additional marine-service categories in Boater Resources.
- Coverage beyond Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and Hood Canal.
- Ways for boaters to support the project directly.
None of this is scheduled or committed — it's what we're thinking about, not a promise.
Help Us Improve
Every email to ideas@pnwfuelmate.com gets read. Tell us what's wrong, what's missing, or what would make this more useful on your next trip.
Email ideas@pnwfuelmate.comMeet the Founder
Pacific Northwest Fuel Mate is built and maintained by Todd, who started this project to make finding marina fuel prices and boating information in the Pacific Northwest easier — something that today depends on scattered websites, outdated listings, and word of mouth. This is a public beta, and it's shaped directly by the boaters using it. If something doesn't work, or you have an idea, every message to ideas@pnwfuelmate.com gets read.