bromleybysea
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Reged: 10/11/2007
Posts: 69
Loc: bromley
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If I understand the situation as outlined in Yachting Monthly this month, we are strongly advised not to take red diesel to France in cans, though we should be OK if it's in the main tank. Having a small tank I think it's prudent seamenship to take a couple of jerry cans of diesel if I'm going offshore. If I go to France, my plan is to dump the red diesel in the cans into the tank and fill them with road-duty paid diesel and keep the receipt. Or will I still end up on the wrong side of some officious French funcionierre?
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Flipper_K6354
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Reged: 20/09/2001
Posts: 1362
Loc: Boat in Brightlingsea, Essex. ...
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Sounds reasonable to me.
Even better if you have an expensed company car!
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Robin
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Reged: 30/05/2001
Posts: 5267
Loc: Poole UK
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I can't see why your idea should be any problem and I have to say I've never heard of any problem with carrying some spare in small (yacht) quantities. However the article does make the point that carrying red spare fuel could be a problem, receipt or not and that just shows what a real bu88er's muddle we now have, since we will now have tax paid that is still red after Nov 2008.
My intention is to keep all receipts and stick them in the log, together with notes of engine hours which I do already. I like your idea of carrying the spare (and we carry 2x10l cans even thogh we have never used them!) as white road diesel which can be fed via the diesel car too at the end of the season and replaced with fresh.
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channelyacht
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Reged: 25/12/2007
Posts: 547
Loc: Hamble & Audierne
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Can you get red diesel in Cannes?
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deisel
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Reged: 30/01/2008
Posts: 86
Loc: rye, sussex
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Yes You Can Get It In Buckets As Well!!!!
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deisel
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Reged: 30/01/2008
Posts: 86
Loc: rye, sussex
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LadyInBed
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Reged: 02/09/2001
Posts: 3760
Loc: Zumerzet
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Not sure, but I did see some in Wells
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Ruffles
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Reged: 26/02/2004
Posts: 902
Loc: Boat: Portsmouth, Us: Stewkley
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I have a full tank and a full emergency can. All red diesel. I topped the tank up at the end of last season.
I don't seem to have any receipts at all. Since I generally fill up every other year it seems I have a problem if I cross the channel. Any ideas?
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peterb
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Reged: 16/05/2001
Posts: 1962
Loc: Radlett, Herts
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Or will I still end up on the wrong side of some officious French funcionierre?
Yes, you may. It's almost impossible to clean out the red dye from your cans, so your road diesel will be contaminated. Buy new cans, fill with road diesel, and leave the old ones at home. Ensure that you have and keep receipts for red diesel in your tanks.
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roly_voya
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Reged: 05/02/2004
Posts: 1049
Loc: Pembrokeshire Wales
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I will in future keep all recipts for fuel but I still have some left from when I changed the tanks to smaller ones which will last this season. I will be going to France in July, I wont have recipts fo the red diesel in the tanks and even if I did the last time I bough fuel was in Ireland in 05 (so its greeen anyway!), somehow I can see them accepting a 3 year old recipt. Only advantage is I wont be carrying any in cans as we have enough range to motor there and back on the main tank and still have a reserve. If anyone wishes to accuse me of tax evasion that is there perogative but don't they have to prove I am guilty, not the other way round?
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