| jezbanks |
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| 12/03/2008 17:11 |
Re: Red diesel decision is in: full rate at pump from November
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Imagine coughing up say 200 x £1.25 = £250 just for a modest tank refill on a modest single engine boat say 20 times a year in a modest season in the Solent where your berthing fees are about £5000 / year.
Hang on - I would suggest that someone who uses 4000 litres a year in a modest boat is far from an average user. I have a modest boat, and that much fuel would get me over 4,000nm which I am never going to do.
Anyway, even if red stays you are paying £7500 a year as is. Never mind the costs of servicing the engine, updating/fixing stuff, and the depreciation/loss of interest on the capital invested. Real costs I reckon you can add another £5000 to that figure easily, so for your 4000 miles a year (I still argue this is way more than most) the fuel increase is going to add 20% to yopur costs.