Safety Certificate status check?

[manicpb]

Hi all

 

When I had my survey done we agreed he would put a new safety certificate on the boat once purchased. Unfortunately when I took ownership the system had been put on hold because of lockdown. When the system went back on line I contacted the surveyor and he said we were still good for the BSC. Last week I received the reminder off C&RT so I dropped the surveyor an email as a gentle reminder, to no reply. I will obviously call him to get a definite answer however is there a website to check a current BSC status? Does the C&RT website automatically update or does the boat owner need to update the BSC?

 

Thanks

Edited July 13, 2020 by manicpb

[Jen-in-Wellies]

CaRT should be automagically updated when a boat safety cert is updated. Do you have a log in to an account on the CaRT web site? You should see the safety cert status on that for your boat. You can also update your boats insurance status here, but you'll have to do that yourself.  Both boat safety and insurance details need to be on the CaRT database before they will issue you with a license under normal circumstances. The paper certificates don't mean a lot now. The "real" cert is what the computer says it is.

Jen

[manicpb]

Thanks Jen,

 

Yes I'm all registered on the C&RT website, currently stating the old certificate. There was 2 or 3 small issues in order to issue the BSC however when speaking after lockdown the surveyor said he was happy with photos of the completed jobs. I'm not massively concerned as I'm sure he's going to stay to his word, I'm just trying to make sure I'm fully informed before chasing him up.

 

Thanks again!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

The boat safety person is the one who has to put the details on the database, so keep on bugging him till it is done!