paultallett
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Last post was repeated?? Wtf 
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Twin petrol
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ari
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Really? Then I stand corrected. Last time I owned a petrol boat (not in the Hamble admittedly) there was a premium of about 50p/litre over road prices (presumably due to far lower volume of sales).
paultallett
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Yep..... Thats MDL's fuel at cost for berth holders. I find it brings fuel down to road prices so no need to jerry can, no discount price was around £1.60 I think. This was 3 weeks ago. Happy to post a picture of the receipt to show I'm not telling porkies.
ari
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No no, I don't doubt you at all.
Impressive though, even £1.60 is not too bad a premium compared with some.
paultallett
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I think it was around the £1.60 mark...... I didn't take that much notice, only interested in what I'm paying
Nick_H
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Petrol was £1.48 at Berthon 3 weeks ago, and I think down to £1.45 if you bought a few hundred litres, can't remember exactly how many.
JKay
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I had a twin petrol engined Fairline Carrera and the fuel cost running mainly on rivers was reasonable and not excessive at all,maintainance was very low and parts prices low compared to diesel parts and I have just sold the boat after 5 days on the market for a realistic price
gsturgeon
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But from what I understand, leisure boats would have to use white diesel which might not be any more readily available then petrol, and somewhat more expensive - if motoring price regime is followed.
I agree perception is a problem, the rather good idea of LPG conversions didn't take off because it was believed that they were dangerous (without any evidence as it was a new product). When I had a LPG conversion, my insurance was unchanged. Perhaps LPG will have a future after all.
wipe_out
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Ahh, but you've cheated slightly there and used road prices of petrol haven't you?
Not really.. I take four 10L cans of petrol to the boat when I go out filled from places like Tesco's (1.28/L last time I got some).. Only been stopped from filling the all the cans twice in the last two years..
Usually I fill one can each time I fill the car and the remainder when I am going to the boat.. Yes, I know it's not allowed to carry that much or whatever but the premium for petrol on the water plus actually getting to the pump (nearest is about 30-45min away away) means I do it.. Haven't heard of cars blowing up all the time for carrying petrol but that's a whole other discussion..
rwoofer
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Not really.. I take four 10L cans of petrol to the boat when I go out filled from places like Tesco's (1.28/L last time I got some).. Only been stopped from filling the all the cans twice in the last two years..
Yes, I know it's not allowed to carry that much or whatever but the premium for petrol on the water plus actually getting to the pump (nearest is about 30-45min away away) means I do it.. Haven't heard of cars blowing up all the time for carrying petrol but that's a whole other discussion..
i just use 20l jerry cans for the same purpose.
GrahamHR
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I've got 6 x 20 litre l Jerrycans. from when I had a petrol enginned boat Most petrol stations near the coast allow you to fill as many as you like until £100 is reached. Not once have I had a boat that exploded or have I spilled petrol into the sea in the 12 years I used them. I am very careful. I used a Machinemart syphon pump, which transfers it very quickly indeed. Most of those Jerrycans are now redundant since I bought a diesel engine boat,, which due to the electronics uses no fuel as it doesn't go anywhere !
