Practical Boat Owner

Boat owners’ DIY gas bottle refill warning

Email Laura Hodgetts at pbo@futurenet.com

Thousands of sailors are affected by Calor’s decision to discontinue its 4.5kg butane and 3.9kg propane gas cylinders–and hundreds intend to refill their own gas canisters due to ‘Calor’s unrealistic offer of larger 6kg or 7kg alternatives’.

The UK’s largest yacht owners group, the Westerly Owners’ Association (WOA) 3,000 members are among those with lockers dependent on gas bottles

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