National Yachtline

Call the National Yachtline if you're sailing your yacht or pleasure craft to the UK.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 14 May 2025

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Call the National Yachtline when you arrive by pleasure craft from:

• outside the UK
• the Channel Islands

This does not include movements between:

• Northern Ireland and the EU, which continue to be treated as intra-community movements
• Northern Ireland and Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

Check the customs rules for sailing your pleasure craft to, from and within UK waters.

If you submit a pleasure craft report (sPCR) using the online sPCR form, you do not need to call the National Yachtline.

Telephone: 0300 123 2012

Opening times: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Find out about call charges

Related content

Guidance

• Regulations for pleasure craft
  
• Sailing pleasure craft to and from the UK

Published 14 May 2025