Moose then added: I have constantly been asking Stanstead Abbotts Marina, about what they will be doing and have they had any official notification, basically they have no idea what or how they will do it and they have had no official stuff from powers to be. I have read about a 40/60 split 40% heating and 60% Engine ie moving. Several things have confused the yard, they buy the fuel oil in at heating oil rate but then if someone is using for propulsion then that is charged at a high rate, someone will have to the sums for that. Another problem is, again what I have read makes me believe it is the boaters responsibilites and they decide what percentage will be Heating and proplusion, if thats the case, then putting a sign up as Bruce has said one Marina is going to do then as long as the boater is aware he is buying for heating that should not be a problem for the Marina!!! but no doubt this will be wrong. And they are worried that someone comes in and asks for xx/yy amount but they being a continous cruiser it should be different then are they to have the discussion on the diesel point!! again this would then go with the comment below from Bruce. The final problem, as I'm away for this week, and the 1st is Saturday coming we filled the boat up, (took £144.00 two months). We were talking about this problem, and they think with the extra duty on the price of a litre of diesel will make it more expensive than you can buy at the garage forecourt, not having seen their calculations, what we were talking about they have come up with a figure of about £1.50 per lt. So can you imagine all the boaters going to the local Tescos and filling loads of jerry cans and then trying to pour the diesel into the tank of the boat? how much will go in the waterways? Unless Stanstead Abootts Marina hears more then I think they will go for the 60/40 sale? On the Lee and Stort, I think there are only 3 places for certain: two Lee Valley Marina's, Hallingbury Mill, and not sure if the MoorHen (BW ) sells it. Moose > Paul replying to Bruce:> When filling up the other day at a local boat yard > (which has a number > of hire boats) I asked what he was going to do after > 1st November. His > reply was that because he could not risk a fine if he > miss-sold fuel he > would be only selling at full price. As most of his fuel > was going into > the hire fleet anyway any loss of custom would not be as bad > as a fine.> > Lets hope not too many yards don't adopt that attitude.> > > > Quote from the BMF Guidance: http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/
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