Cowes fuel 59p

[mjf]

Had a glorious w/e in Cowes fab Wx.

Premier fuel I am told is 73P (at cost)

The fuel bay at Cowes (between the Yacht Haven and Shephards) says 59P.


How can that be?


It the Cowes pure RED without the 60/40 thing?

Would like to understand this

 

[mainshiptom]

Red is at around 40 now !

it was 49 a month

 

[timgriffin]

59P before the 60/40 is added
Tim

 

[mjf]

Thanks - so whats the price then if you declare 40% for heating / other

 

[dkm]

Premier quoted me 61p inc the 60/40 split yesterday

 

[neale]

0.59 at commercial rate = 0.846 at 60/40

 

[mjf]

Thats interesting.

Roughly similar to Cowes YH then.


maybe the lockmaster was 'confused' at Puerto Solento


As Neale above says 0.85 if its 59 plus the 40/60 duty.

 

[mjf]

Cor this is going to be interesting this year.


I just telephoned my Premier marina who confirmed the 40/60 price is 73P

54P if you take fuel with no added duty.

Cowes 59P therefore is the pre duty price after all.

 

[maybh1]

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0.59 at commercial rate = 0.846 at 60/40

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.86p per litre sounds like a lot - we only paid .63 in October.

Has everyone gone off the idea of brewing their own

May
xx

 

[neale]

But May, the derogation was not removed until the 1st November /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Haven't-a-Clue]

Apologies for slight drift, but don't supose you noticed the price of (whisper......) /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif petrol, did you? only the MF needs topping up. Moored on the Hamble.

 

[mjf]

sorry not posted.

87.9p at Shell for 95ron

 

[maybh1]

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But May, the derogation was not removed until the 1st November /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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You will have to excuse me - mind is on another plane at the moment /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif


Still, there was a lot of talk at the time about forumites brewing their own diesel - has anyone done it?

It is still on husbands list of things to explore when he has a moment.

May
xx

 

[neale]

I looked at it, I even wrote about the process in the mag. I can't see anyone really doing it unless river based and only using a few litres here and there.

Too much hassle to make and cart to the boat, no warranty on engines, reliability problems real or perceived, and even the cost as the value of veggie oil goes up. Even used oil commands a price now I hear.

I think it's a non starter unless you can buy the stuff ready made to a good quality, delivered to your boat and cheap enough to be attractive.

 

[SirSnoozalot]

What is the legal position say, if you get your boat MCA Coded, and do a bit of training? Are you then a commercial vessel? Tax free fuelling? .

 

[NealB]

Only for the time that you're training, which, by the sounds of it, isn't much.

 

[SirSnoozalot]

Purely an academic question Neal. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[RogerRat]

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Thanks - so whats the price then if you declare 40% for heating / other

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There was quite alot of confusion when the pump prices were shown at 55-60p. To give you a better idea, add 25p to advertisd pump prices on a 60/40 split declaration.

Lymington, this weekend was 54p for 300 litres plus.

 

[mjf]

Yep thnks for that RR.

There is going to loads of 'confusion' this year as most will have filled up before 1 Nov and once the season gets going and peeps refuel at the 40/60 price.

Seems to me vendors need to post a range of prices bit like a menu

 

[neale]

It would be nice if fuel suppliers listed 3 prices for all to see. 100% rebated for commercial, 100% full duty for those that need it and 60/40 for the majority of us. If anyone wants to declare a different percentage it can be roughly gauged by looking at the three prices above and worked out by the supplier with a simple calculation.