“That’s not a problem,” Peter Spreadborough assured me. If my gas locker ever floods, my first thought would be to abandon ship, rather than make a cup of tea!. The white plastic screw-in ‘snorkel’ is optional, designed to keep the gas flowing in the event of a flooded locker. The marine regulator has an on/off knob with a safety lock that has to be pressed in to open the valve.
What are the Calor Gas alternatives for boat owners?įlogas produces a 4.5kg bottle that will fit in the same space as the 4.5kg Calor cylinder and refills are available from Flogas stockists around the UK.Ī 4.5kg bottle costs £38.50 + £28.00 for the gas, £13.99 for a regulator and an additional market volatility surcharge of £4.70, making a total of £83.53 per bottle.įlogas stockists will exchange your empty Calor gas bottle for like-for-like replacements free of charge. Many modern vessels, particularly the French boats, have large self-draining gas lockers that were designed to take the Campingaz bottles so it’s not really an issue for their owners,” he says.
These smaller bottles are no longer economical to refill,” he told me. “Calor Gas are not about to change their minds. Others question “What about the deposit I paid on the first bottle of gas?”Īs the owner of a wooden classic affected by the changes and about to set out on an extended summer cruise from Chichester to the Western Isles and back, I sought answers from Peter Spreadborough, the marine gas fittings expert at the Southampton Calor gas centre (SoCal), the largest distributor in the South. The redundant bottles will be left dumped everywhere – It will be worse than the trekking paths up to Everest.” Others have called the discontinued service: “Socially appalling. One PBO reader launched a petition to no avail. Calor Gas says refilling some of its cylinders, including the 4.5kg butane cylinder, is no longer cost effective.
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