Dinghy development: Small boat registration

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Small boat registration

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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
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Topic: Small boat registration

Posted By: piglet
Subject: Small boat registration
Date Posted: 06 Jul 21 at 10:27am

Bit of a spurious one this
My brother who knows nothing about sailing or boats in general has taken a small tender with small outboard to his place in Spain for pottering fishing etc.
Now he finds he can't legally use it without it being registered, and the local port authority are telling him they can't do it it has to come from country of origin, or evidence of exemption in that country.
They are also telling him that the UK will also be bringing in a similar registration system any time soon! To which I laughed.

Can anyone shed any light?
Are we about to have government dinghy registration foisted on us?
Anyone know how to provide evidence that a 2.8m inflatable is registration exempt in Blighty?

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Posted By: PeterG
Date Posted: 06 Jul 21 at 11:37am

Well, I suppose he could register it with the small ships register and get an SSR number. Costs £35 for 5 years. Seems like overkill though! But if he's giung to keep it there all year round he may have to do something like that. You could ask the RYA, they keep track of these sorts of issues for larger boats and may be able to help.

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Peter
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Ex Laser 189635
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Posted By: NicolaJayne
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 12:13am

serious dinghy racers often SSR stuff - presumably for such purposes

also using stuff o nthe Baords or CRT (ex BWB ) canals requires registration

Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 6:29am

Watched something on TV a couple of weeks ago about the thousand of abandoned boats all round the coast, boat registration could prevent this.

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Robert

Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 9:06am

Originally posted by 423zero

Watched something on TV a couple of weeks ago about the thousand of abandoned boats all round the coast, boat registration could prevent this.

Blasphemy! Never Ever say that again!

People have died to keep us free from Government Regulation ffs.

Have you any idea how much they'd like to get their greasy expense fiddling gold plated pension bed wetting hands on us as an income stream?

Now go to your room and right a thousand lines 'No Government Regulation of small craft.'

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Posted By: piglet
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 9:43am

Dunno, some targeted regulation might benefit the sport,
eg
Aft mainsheet tax,
Brown gelcoat levy
etc

Posted By: Gfinch
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 9:48am

My new N12 (2020) had to have a serial number engraved on the stern which details builder ID, unique number (not sail no) and month & year of build. Perhaps it is the case for all new small boats, pretty sure the Laser / ILCA has the same on the stern.

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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 10:40am

Originally posted by piglet

Dunno, some targeted regulation might benefit the sport,
eg
Aft mainsheet tax,
Brown gelcoat levy
etc

Just like road tax has benefited motorists, particularly motor cyclists - Not.

More pot holes now than ever.

Better Tax Cyclists, particularly Electric cycles on the road.

Anyway it's academic, it's what the RYA is for, in the stead of a Whitehall Department, what would you rather, the RYA or the Ministry of Marine Caft and Waterways?

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Posted By: Chris_H
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 10:49am

The RYA's stance:

http://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/current-affairs/boat-registration" rel="nofollow - https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/current-affairs/boat-registration

(iGRF - see, the RYA isnt ALL bad ;-) )

Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 12:14pm

No mention of the serious environmental damage caused by people walking away from toxic boats.

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Robert

Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 07 Jul 21 at 12:51pm

Originally posted by Chris_H

The RYA's stance:

http://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/current-affairs/boat-registration" rel="nofollow - https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/current-affairs/boat-registration

(iGRF - see, the RYA isnt ALL bad ;-) )

I agree, I've supported the RYA all my sailing career was a member for many years, all my kids went through the mill, but that was then, in the days of Edmund Whelan, committees running things with well known figures actually at the coal face, not the commercial behemoth with the jobsworths we have these days.

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