UK Ship register large yacht services, yacht management
A collection of documents and guidance for operations and crew of large commercial yachts.
Yacht related information and guidance about
- crew agreements
- fresh water
- manning
- M-notices
- musters and training
- working over the side
- official log books
Log books
All large commercial yachts are required to keep an official log book by the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations 1981, as amended in 1985, 1991 and 1997. The Regulations also detail the types of entry to make.
Official Logbooks are currently provided free of charge to UK registered commercial yachts. To order your official Logbook please email ukshipregister@mcga.gov.uk and provide the following information:
- Your Name
- Address to send the log book to
- UK Registered Yacht Name(s)
M notices for yacht crew
Musters and training
The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 lay down requirements for large commercial yachts, such as:
- muster list and emergency instructions
- practice crew drills
- practice passenger musters
- abandon ship drills
- fire drills
- on board training and instructions
- records to be kept
Manning
This group contains information about:
- applying for a safe manning document
- training and certification of deck officers, engineer officers and ratings on yachts
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Last updated 28 September 2020 + show all updates
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Change of contact information to request log book.
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Updated to include MGN 578 (M) Overside working on vessels
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First published.