rubberduck
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FUEL PROTEST
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Not another cross posting!
sheeplove
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£10 gallon would suit me!
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Feeling a little frisky this morning are we? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I also take it that you don't run a diesel car?....road pricing etc?? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Still, they've been bagged and tagged, so all the squealing in the world wont help 'em!
Personally, I don't see the attraction for these modern stink boats, they all look like summat designed by Hotpoint, or Morphy Richards, to me!
Hmmmmm? perhaps that IS the attraction, maybe they are all purchased by wealthy white goods freaks? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I also take it that you don't run a diesel car?....road pricing etc?? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Still, they've been bagged and tagged, so all the squealing in the world wont help 'em!
Personally, I don't see the attraction for these modern stink boats, they all look like summat designed by Hotpoint, or Morphy Richards, to me!
Hmmmmm? perhaps that IS the attraction, maybe they are all purchased by wealthy white goods freaks? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
m1taylor
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Hmm...agree entirely - if people want a gin palace, can't understand why they object to paying the proper fuel duty? The boats cost many 10's of thousands of pounds and you're right - they look like they have been designed by Zanussi.
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Not sure that "Designed" is the word we ought to be using /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Rum_Pirate
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Hmm...agree entirely - if people want a gin palace, can't understand why they object to paying the proper fuel duty? . . ..
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I was always under the impression that 'gin palaces' did not actually go anywhere but simply remained tied up to a berth in a marina connected to shore power and water. Thus there is no requirement for them to use fuel???!!!
So why are they squealing?
Hmm...agree entirely - if people want a gin palace, can't understand why they object to paying the proper fuel duty? . . ..
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I was always under the impression that 'gin palaces' did not actually go anywhere but simply remained tied up to a berth in a marina connected to shore power and water. Thus there is no requirement for them to use fuel???!!!
So why are they squealing?
miket
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Horses for courses.
We like tinkering with our classics, touch of varnish here and a bit of carpentry there, but as a stink boat owner as well, including a few "gin palaces" in the past, we also enjoy using them.
There are those with pots of money and they might whinge but it won't effect the way they use their boats (or not as the case may be). There are many who derive much pleasure from cruising on a limited budget. After the extortionate costs of marinas and those that provide other marine services (services used in it's loosest meaning) the potential doubling of fuel cost will cause many to give up.
So perhaps a little more sympathy?!
You wouldn't want HMG to slap a whacking tax on hardwood timber I suspect.
Also bear in mind that much of the tax on road diesel was meant to cover maintenance of the road. Not entirely sure why that should be applied to "vehicles" solely water based?
We like tinkering with our classics, touch of varnish here and a bit of carpentry there, but as a stink boat owner as well, including a few "gin palaces" in the past, we also enjoy using them.
There are those with pots of money and they might whinge but it won't effect the way they use their boats (or not as the case may be). There are many who derive much pleasure from cruising on a limited budget. After the extortionate costs of marinas and those that provide other marine services (services used in it's loosest meaning) the potential doubling of fuel cost will cause many to give up.
So perhaps a little more sympathy?!
You wouldn't want HMG to slap a whacking tax on hardwood timber I suspect.
Also bear in mind that much of the tax on road diesel was meant to cover maintenance of the road. Not entirely sure why that should be applied to "vehicles" solely water based?
m1taylor
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The only thing I would say, is that when petrol rocketed sensible people had to question whether they could afford a V8 which did 20 MPG. It then became a matter of buying what you could afford to run. So what's different with boating? There are plenty of options which costs less to run - you don't need 200 HP to get on the water.
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20 mpg Jimminy!!!?? A Range Rover V8 will give you 10, if you are very lucky! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
As for sympathy, as the previous poster suggests, get real, these people for the most part can well afford the fuel. I know that some Moboaters run on tight budgets, but the majority of forum whingers have got flashy big fuel hungry monstrosities, proudly displayed in their avatars. No, mine is not the politics of envy, as some of them like to accuse us lesser beings of. I wouldn't want one of those perishing things no matter how much money I had! I would rather spend that kind of money on a proper sailboat, a nice Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, or something of that kind.
As for sympathy, as the previous poster suggests, get real, these people for the most part can well afford the fuel. I know that some Moboaters run on tight budgets, but the majority of forum whingers have got flashy big fuel hungry monstrosities, proudly displayed in their avatars. No, mine is not the politics of envy, as some of them like to accuse us lesser beings of. I wouldn't want one of those perishing things no matter how much money I had! I would rather spend that kind of money on a proper sailboat, a nice Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, or something of that kind.
miket
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Unhappily, if you happen to own a thirsty boat at the time the change in fuel price takes place, your previously moderately safe investment becomes very much less saleable, thus making the decision to change less appealing.
Interestingly, classic motor boats such as the Fairey power boats will be amongst the hardest hit with large old technology engines that will be very greedy on fuel.
Interestingly, classic motor boats such as the Fairey power boats will be amongst the hardest hit with large old technology engines that will be very greedy on fuel.