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Brothers separated at birth perhaps?!?!

The downside is at 6 knots it takes an awfully long time to get anywhere, and in the UK with the ofen short good weather windows we have it can mean the difference between having a holiday or being stuck in port, whereas at 20 knots you can cover a lot of distance in a few hours. For example, we...

Intersting reaction from different people! I am sure, in fact I know that HMRC is well aware of the likely misuse of diesel, but is potentially being put in a postion by our government of having unenforceable tax laws. Personally I think that if the duty was increased to the minimum EU level...

I think he gets through a lot more than 100 gal pa given that he seems to be out on his boat most weekends, and always brings down a couple of big jerry cans. I expect he he also buys diesel from marinas on longer trips as well. Interestingly he says that the current duty is just the same for...

Hi Mark, Wow a Sunseeker Camargue 55 would certainly be jumping in with both feet. My advice for what it is worth is that you should be looking at this the other way round. Start with the type of boating you want to do, fast planing, displacement, semi-displacement etc, based on how far and...

Just been talking to a couple of guys at the marina which has got me thinking. One chap who works at the Revenue says he is convinced that red diesel for leisure boats will continue, albeit at a higher duty as it is the easiest solution but potentially impossible to police as you will have 2...