Do you struggle finding petrol?

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How do you get on finding petrol when you're cruising for a few days?

Is it a quick jaunt to the petrol station with cans or do you make sure you berth at marinas with petrol to hand. Our northern ones - I use Maryport and Glasson Dock only seem to do diesel.

Has it affected your choice of mobo?
 
"Cruising" with a petrol boat is a problem, opposed to just using it as a day boat. A petrol boat that is capable of cruising will typically have at least 200 ltr tanks and having to fill up with cans is a real pain in the @rse. If you can, plan your cruise around fuel stops. Perhaps even visit places by car first to see how far the garage is from the moorings. Even 200 yards is a long way when weighed down by 20 ltr petrol cans in each hand. I know, I have done it enough /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Yep just changed from petrol to diesel so that I can do more cruising at sea.
For rivers I would say petrol no problem as consumption is low, blasting around the Solent and poole say probably ok as well, but if you actualy want to go anywhere, forget it /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
It is a problem I have come across, but it will affect me more this year as I cruise further. I can carry 180 ltrs, but can carry another 100 ltrs in steel jerry cans and another 20 in the tender tank, if I plan to venture further. I also carry a collapsible hand cart in case I need to go ashore to find supplies.

But, it does restrict how far I can travel.

Sometines you can see the solution so clearly.

So close, so very very close.

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Been there done that,going anywhere in my old Princess 25 always involved brimming the 60Gal tank before departure and having a couple of 25 litre jerries of Tescos finest stored somewhere.
The one time we took on fuel from a marina resulted in a sudden stop outside Whitstable on a falling tide with the wind in the very wrong direction.Towed back in by a passing dutch raggie.Took an hour to drain out the rusty ? water from both sets of filters and carb bowls to enable us to limp home on one engine.
 
mmmmmm not good.

I don't like the idea of carrying petrol but like the idea of carrying petrol half a mile in cans even less.

anyone know of a marina in the north that carries petrol as well as diesel?
 
Could be another problem looming though . I usually use jerry cans , but when I went to fill one at Morrisons the other day , the attendant came out and stopped me , saying that it was now illegal , and they couldn't allow fuel in anything larger than those silly little plastic things
 
Yup same happened to me.Young lady in kiosk refused to turn pump on.Had to go round corner to expensive Esso garage to fill up.
 
Filling the big plastic containers really is a pain in the tush. I usually go to a pump on the blind side of the kiosk and pretend to be filling up the car's tank by placing the plastic containers by the side of the car. Been lucky so far, but it's true about the range - big worry with petrol..... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

.....but if you couldn't find the extra £15-20,000 for diesels, then, like me, you're stuck with it !

Ah well, at least it makes filling the tank more bearable.

BTW - Hull marina sell petrol and diesel at the fuel pontoon.
 
c u there weekend 13th May..beers on me /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

cheers Joe
 
Dave, the Morrissons I pictured is in Caernarfon and I expect they sell gallons and gallons of petrol to boaters very day during the season. As I said, I use metal jerry cans and an outboard motor tank, so everything is above board and they never comment on all the jerry cans.

I suggest you print out Brendans pdf and present it next time you want to fill up.

It is a pity Morrisons can't build a fuelling point in front of their petrol station.
 
read the bit in the pdf about licences though! Some petrol stations can, some can't. Every petrol station has a different licence, and some may genuinely not be licenced for large sales of petrol in containers. There is an aweful lot of confusion though, and many station staff really don't have a clue.
 
Very imortant to establish the range of the boat.
Petrol is available from pumps at both Conwy and Deganwy marinas and also at Pwllheli.
We can manage 200 miles between fill ups at a cruise speed of 25knts with a 8.1 litre Merc engine.
However at speed we can burn 40 gallons an hour!.
Price increase at Conwy effective today £1.12 litre.
 
I have petrol and dont find it too much of an issue as i mainly stick to south devon coast & every port sells petrol....at a price. I reckon it'll be 1.40 a litre this summer at least.

I only have about 160 litre tank as it was bespoke built to replace a damaged original.....I didnt specify it, the dealer did before i bought it.

I end up refuelling about every 60 miles ! - I'm now looking at 2 20L jerry cans on board filled from the petrol station as well
 
Hi Chris
Yes I use the same jerry cans , I got around it by putting the can in my van so they couldn't see what I was filling . I have a generator in the van , so if they ever check , I can fill that instead /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif , funny how much petrol you can get in a generator tank /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
It doesn't mention licences except for storage on club premises.

It says:

Current regulations allows you to use a vehicle to purchase, from a filling station, a maximum of 333 litres of petrol at any one time providing: You are taking the fuel directly for use in your boat......
 
and a couple of lines below - the petrol filling stations permits...Petroleum licences sometimes specify.

We had a thread on this some while back - the RYA document, although useful, is not a complete guide to all the intricacies
 
Yes Brendan, I see it now, but there is a big difference between three 20 litre jerry cans and 333 litres. Anyway, the three places I buy my petrol from have never objected as most petrol stations on the North Wales coast road do a big trade with boat owners.

It does worry me if I venture further afield as I don't like the idea of having to have a support crew travelling by road!!!
 
It's still down to individual licences if they can or want to sell petrol into containers, and even personal choice of owners. You can quote the law and the pdf at them but they have the choice even then.

Most stations near boating areas do, as it's quite a big seller.
 
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