That grotty old fuel barge..................

[ChristianR]

...........400 metres downstream of St Katherines.

Good afternoon

We are off to Ramsgate for the weekend . Should I re-fuel with the expensive stuff at the marina or should I go with the cheap stuff from the river.

Anybody here ever been brave enough to take fuel from the monstrosity? If so did you end up paying for quality diesel or did you fill-up with nothing more than a couple of hundred gallons of water? And what about those critters - did they throw any of those into your fuel system for free?

Any advice on filling up from this thing would be appreciated.

 

[mainshiptom]

if boats on the river(work boats) are using him then it should be filled regularly?

 

[neale]

Have used said barge with no ill affects. He does supply lots of commercial boats so guess he has a high turnover which must be a good thing. Oh and very reasonably priced too if I remember correctly. Cheaper than the one upstream of St Kats.

 

[Medskipper]

Are you are talking about the barge by Gallions point marina? if so I am told that he supplies the woolwich ferries, so I guess they have a high turnover!

Barry