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Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Your rights as a passenger when travelling by sea and inland waterway.
If you're a non-UK resident temporarily importing a vessel, check if you can get relief using Temporary Admission (TA) and the rules that apply while your yacht is under the TA procedure in the UK.
Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.
Check UK customs rules for private individuals who use a pleasure craft (like a yacht or other boat) for recreational use, or temporarily import one as a non-UK resident.
Information and guidance notes for keeping a sailing vessel stable in typical sailing conditions.
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
Find out the 'place of supply' rules for passenger transport and the VAT zero rating of public passenger transport if you supply it in the UK.
Urgent safety lesson issued after the yacht Tyger of London capsized off Tenerife, Canary Islands due to a shallow draught, lead keel failure.
Location: Windermere, Cumbria, England.
Before you sail to or from the UK, submit your voyage plan with details of your vessel, people and goods on board. Find out how to change or cancel your report.
Check when you need to pay VAT on a vessel you’re keeping in the UK and how to provide evidence of VAT paid.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sails from Portsmouth for her autumn deployment.
The stability guidance booklets for masters and watch keepers for powered and sailing vessels
Use this form AD03c to tell us which of the company records are held at the single alternative inspection location (SAIL).
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
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