Thoughts on taking gas cash?

For the record, it cost 1$ per minute to be towed by my beast. Sets of 15 or 30 mins max cause i'm not a buisness and i want to relax.

When I go to a friends place for a ski I bring a 5er of gas and dump it in while everone is getting ready. If it is on my lake with my group, well it is understood that we rotate boats and so no cash or gas is neceissary.

That being said my sister in law comes out to the house all the time. She knows what it cost to build our house and what it costs to run our boat. If she hands me a 20 for gas I take it. Other than that I have never been offered money for fuel, but again we don't have many people on our boat that aren't lake peeps to begin with.

if someone offers, i usually accept, make sure to invite again and acknowledge the thought. i usually offer money to others when i ride. i occasionally go out with a meet up group, some of the people charge to go with, i don't really agree with.

took my roommate for the first time on friday. I told him that he did not need to provide gas, just bring food/drink for himself. it was his first time surfing and he hadn't boarded in 3+ years. later that night we were chillin in the kitchen. he threw a $20 at me and told me that he's hooked on surfing and would pay $100 if he had it. that it was the best time he has had on the water.. of course I took the cash :)