Diesel prices

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ive never had any trouble filling up 2 x 28 liter plastic fuel tanks with petrol for my boat.The biggest PITA with petrol is finding the stuff when you are sailing.
 
2 winters ago I was living on the boat and using diesel heater. When it got really cold the heater would shut down every half hour or so. Wasn't a problem when weather warmed up a bit. I was advised by heater manufacturer to try white. I was horrified, at the time Red was 58p/l, why should I pay road fuel prices for heating, the heater should be able to cope with red. Turns out it was due to the Red waxing in the 2mm pipework and not the heater itself. With red now more expensive white would be an option.
I suspect (not sure) that white is probably better quality although I was informed that the only difference is the addition of the dye. The problem is that if boaters can get white cheaper the demand for red will drop. Marinas can never compete with Supermarkets because the turnover is lower. End result could be that marinas just stop selling it, making it difficult to obtain and boaters running out putting lives at risk.
Mind you, I cant see MB's filling up at Tesco's with cans! Oh I love regulation.
By the way I've got one of those wonky tubes and they work well. It can be a bit tricky getting flow started from a 5 Litre can.
 
botheras said:
10 litres is what you can legally fill in a petrol station or carry in a car or store at home without a petroleum licence...
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A marina local to me fills up my 2 x 20l steel jerry cans with red diesel at the 60/40 split quite happily as my boatyard has stopped selling red to pleasure boaters as it's not worth the paperwork.
 
kevburt said:
If you're around Tollesbury area you could try the garage at the Causeway Maldon. They sell red diesel at the pump around the side. Don't know what the price is though.
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Thank bring backs memories, I used to fill up a 10 litre plastic 'can' there which was almost a tank full for my first boat. Red diesel was just under 30p a litre, how times change!

I wasn't sure that pump was still open, but presumably it is?
 
nigelm said:
As the last time i had to buy any red diesel was a good few yrs ago and things have changed regarding the duty paid etc etc i was wondering if its worth using "red" still , tollesbury marina have said theirs is £1.18p pl with the 60/40 split , surely i may as well get "white" from a supermarket in that case and pay £1.15p pl and have clubcard points .

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In Holland this summer, with exchange rates of 1.15-1.20 / Sterling, I bought white at marinas for between 1.23 and 1.12 Euros. I hear it's much the same in France. With UK marina composite prices of £0.95 per litre or more you see that UK marinas are generally now matching the "open" market continental price -even though 40% of red bought in the UK is at the lower rate of tax!

So on this basis there is no gain in loading up with red in the UK -the difference between pricing here and the continent is negligable. At the moment.

I wonder if those crafty EU bureaucrats suspected this would happen - they seemed to accept the 60:40 tax formula with such equanimity? Harmonisation by stealth?

PWG
 
I've just been working this out. Appalled at the the thought of £1.38 a litre in Bradwell, I thought of humping white diesel. But then that is £1.20 here at the moment. I will probably need 15 gallons, say 75 litres by the end of the season. I need to buy a suitable container (25 litres) and trundle backwards and forwards three times and have something to help decant it cleanly. In that way I will save £13.50. Umm I'm not sure I will bother.
 
Our local yard too has stopped selling red to us as he doesn't want to do the paperwork, although he still stocks it and sells it to farmers. Nearest marina red now requires 2 days afloat to collect, owing to tidal vagaries.
The CA published a slightly scary article last winter which speculated that because of the higher bio content in white diesel, it would 'keep' much less well than red e.g. in your tank over winter, and therefore be more susceptible to The Bug.
 
Siphon thingy

That's exactly what I do, buy my diesel from an inland marina 75p per litre and tehn take two 10 litre cans to the boat every second visit and us eon e of those siphon thingys. Bought mine at SIBS, works brilliantly - but there is a knack !
 
tillergirl said:
I've just been working this out. Appalled at the the thought of £1.38 a litre in Bradwell, I thought of humping white diesel. But then that is £1.20 here at the moment. I will probably need 15 gallons, say 75 litres by the end of the season. I need to buy a suitable container (25 litres) and trundle backwards and forwards three times and have something to help decant it cleanly. In that way I will save £13.50. Umm I'm not sure I will bother.
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Woolverstone was £1.00 this w/e
Foxs fuel is good & very clean + has bug additive added (Im told) also high through put
 
you can get one of them jiggle siphons off ebay for £1.50 or so and will empty a 25 litre drum in 4 minutes.put your own tube on and they're easy to prime.drum only has to be higher than tank its going into.a 5 litre drum may be ok for a lawnmower but i'll take my chances.
 
bonny said:
Filled up un Beaucette, Guernsey in June this year. Paid around 50p. Scary entrance though for 1st time visit.
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Same for us.
We took on 700 litres at that sort of price :D
The entrance is very scary with submerged rocks to starboard inboard of the green marker. At 4.5m beam seemed we wouldn't make it :eek:
 
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