Registration on Part I of the British
Registry entitles you to the following benefits:
- Enables you to prove title to your
boat
- Allows you to register a marine mortgage
- Provides internationally acceptable
documentation to ease passage to foreign ports
- Entitles you to protection from the
Royal Navy and the services of British Consuls
- Can enhance the resale of your vessel
- Provides proof of date of build in
respect of the EU Recreational Craft Directive
- Ensures that your boat's name is unique
on Part I
Registration under Part I requires
measurement by an approved Tonnage Measurer. Look at the directories of
YDSA surveyors and ABYA brokers
on this site to identify an Association measurer to help you.
The cost of tonnage measurement for
British registration
through the
YBDSA is:
| Vessel in UK |
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| Under 15 metres overall
|
£150.00 |
| Over 15 metres and
under 24 metres overall |
£195.00 |
Vessel overseas |
|
| Under 15 metres overall
|
£180.00 |
| Over 15 metres and
under 24 metres overall |
£225.00 |
Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Cayman
Islands, BVI and Jersey |
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| Up to 24 metres |
Please ask for a quote |
Guernsey |
|
| Up to 13.7 metres |
Please ask for a quote |
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| Eire |
By arrangement |
| For other locations please contact Tricia Hills for further advice |
NB: For vessels lying overseas or not
local to a measurer, expenses should be negotiated with the
surveyor and may, in some circumstances, include the measurer's
time spent travelling. |
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You may register if you are :
-
A British citizen
-
A non-UK national exercising
your right of freedom of movement of workers or right of
establishment
-
A British Dependant
Territories citizen
-
A British Overseas
citizen
-
A British subject
under the British Nationality Act 1981(a)
Boats need to be re-registered every
five years, for which the cost is currently only £46. Delay
in re-registration of over a year may result in a requirement
for re-measurement.
You can download the Tonnage Measurement application
form SUR 6A here.
Further details are available on the Registry
site at www.mcga.gov.uk,
or contact the YDSA to arrange your survey. Don't leave it until
the week before you sail, as both surveyors and the MCA registration
office get very busy in the summer months!
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