Fuel consumption and range......

[SkunkBoat]

The problem is not just the fuel, its the time. 60 miles out takes 2 hours when its flat with no swell. Even if its glassy, an east swell will slow you down and it take 2.5 hrs. Leaving (the inlet) at first light gets you there at 7-730. So now you fish til noon and you have to worry is the wind going to kick up out of the south. That ride home can become a 4 hour+ ordeal if you don't pay attention. Also, it can be nice 60 miles out but the afternoon south wind along the coast here can, and often does, make it nasty for the 10 miles nearest the shore.
I always start my way in at noon( no matter how beautiful the conditions are), stopping at points along the way if the conditions are holding up. That way I'm shortening the distance that I might get caught in a wind.