BPot Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 General question and it may seem a stupid one to most of you. At what stage do you get your boat license? If you are having a boat built for example a sailaway and you are fitting it out yourself at what stage do you get or apply for the license? When it goes in the water or before? does it need to be licensed when on a hard standing whilst being fitted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 No, your licence is to keep it on CRT waters if a CRT licence, similarly an EA registration. Some marinas are licence free so long as you stay in them and dont out cruising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 The moment the boat first goes into the water, it needs to be licensed. Bod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Just now, Bod said: The moment the boat first goes into the water, it needs to be licensed. Bod And in order to licence it, it must be insured and have a BSS certificate. On reflection, is a BSS needed on a brand new boat? I don't ever remember them being done on the new boats when I used to do gas work for for New Boat Company at T&K Marina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPot Posted October 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Thanks for your reply's. So now to work out if more advantageous to have boat on hard standing and do the work or have put in the water get basic work done then of cruising around the cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, MtB said: On reflection, is a BSS needed on a brand new boat? Not if it is RCD / RCR compliant (and certified) a BSS is not required for 4 years. Most navigation authorities will accept a boat builders Declaration of Conformity or DoC (this must be provided with all new boats sold in Europe) in lieu of a BSS certificate. For part-built boats the Annex IIIa DoC will be accept for the first year. With complete boats, the Annex XV will be accepted for the first four years. After that a BSS certificate may be required to support an application to use the waterway. Self-built boats without a DoC will most likely need a BSS Certification from day one to support a licence/registration/mooring application Edit to add statement from the BSS. Edited October 5, 2021 by Alan de Enfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, BPot said: Thanks for your reply's. So now to work out if more advantageous to have boat on hard standing and do the work or have put in the water get basic work done then of cruising around the cut. If you do the former you will never go boating, if you do the latter you will never finish the boat. I would go boating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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