George and I are both owners... the owner use portion of the contract provides for returning to the base for fuel or new linens with no stated limitation. I don't know if that's true for regular charterers.


That said, I've hardly found it necessary. We've been out on a 45 for 4 weeks and used a fraction of our fuel.

Last November my wife and I were on a M5000 for 10 days prior to picking up guests (and topping up) and we had used 36 gallons.