There is a lot of talk about the pain some boaters will feel if we lose the right to burn red diesel in leisure boats, and even as a rag and stick man, I sympathise.
But there has been very little said about how leisure boaters will manage when they go off the beaten track. My pal and I cruise the west coast of Scotland, as do many others. Apart from two or three marinas north of the Clyde, I can't think of anywhere else where a boat can refuel apart from from tankers supplying the local fishing and commercial fleets. There will not be enough demand to keep fully taxed diesel available at places like Mallaig, Portree or Kinlochbervie, so what will happen? Are these superb cruising areas to become no go areas for leisure boaters? This will be a huge problem, irrespective of the price we have to pay for our diesel, as well as a safetly issue as boaters run tanks nearer and nearer to the limit.
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