Jonny_H
Well-Known Member
Please excuse me if I'm slow here ....
I've read all the RYA / Govt releases recently, and realise that the cost of filling my 90 Gallon fuel tanks on my 37 Ft Yacht is about to increase considerably to around £400 (ooch!)
But when is all this going to happen?? I had heard it was effective from 1st Jan 2007 (and that is what has been implied by the Govt releases and the timings of all the recent announcements), but the RYA statement says ...
"The UK Government will consult with boating organisations to develop and implement a sensible timetable for transitional measures to alleviate the effects on the boater.
The RYA and BMF will continue to work closely with Government and their respective members to ensure that key issues of cost, availability and safety are addressed by the transitional measures."
Sensible?? Surely nothing about this is sensible?
Are they going to let marina's use up their current stocks of red juice before making them switch, or will there be a grace period to allow marina's to use up pre-contracted supplies of red which have yet to be delivered? What about some boat owners who pre-pay for fuel - will they be allowed to honour their payment against red or will they just get given half as much white as they were expecting? (Could be tempting to go and give the marina £500 for fuel as payment in advance if they will be allowed to honour pre-paid contracts before 1/1/07)
Any thoughts / advice - once again apologies if I've missed some vital piece of information and all this is much clearer than I've made out /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Jonny
I've read all the RYA / Govt releases recently, and realise that the cost of filling my 90 Gallon fuel tanks on my 37 Ft Yacht is about to increase considerably to around £400 (ooch!)
But when is all this going to happen?? I had heard it was effective from 1st Jan 2007 (and that is what has been implied by the Govt releases and the timings of all the recent announcements), but the RYA statement says ...
"The UK Government will consult with boating organisations to develop and implement a sensible timetable for transitional measures to alleviate the effects on the boater.
The RYA and BMF will continue to work closely with Government and their respective members to ensure that key issues of cost, availability and safety are addressed by the transitional measures."
Sensible?? Surely nothing about this is sensible?
Are they going to let marina's use up their current stocks of red juice before making them switch, or will there be a grace period to allow marina's to use up pre-contracted supplies of red which have yet to be delivered? What about some boat owners who pre-pay for fuel - will they be allowed to honour their payment against red or will they just get given half as much white as they were expecting? (Could be tempting to go and give the marina £500 for fuel as payment in advance if they will be allowed to honour pre-paid contracts before 1/1/07)
Any thoughts / advice - once again apologies if I've missed some vital piece of information and all this is much clearer than I've made out /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Jonny
