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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
You must follow safety regulations and check whether you need insurance if…
You may need to get a Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) certificate before you can…
You must follow international safety regulations if you’re using a boat at…
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Boating basics including essential knowledge and techniques you need to make sure you enjoy yourselves and stay safe on the water.
Boat registration, boat safety and river levels
River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
Product Safety Report for Jobe Comfort boating vest, DB0005 U sold via eBay presenting a serious risk of drowning.
You usually need to register your boat to use it on inland waterways, such as rivers and canals.
A safety message to inland waterway users to raise awareness of the potential hazards and what actions to take to mitigate the risks.
Bridge heights and profiles, locks and facilities for boaters on the River Medway.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
Apply for a boatmasters' licence to run a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel - apply, replace, renew or upgrade your licence
Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines
Details of moorings, bridge heights, locks and facilities for boaters on Anglian waterways.
A guide for boaters and other users of the River Thames.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
Location: Camel Estuary, near Padstow, Cornwall, England.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
Details of access points, events and facilities on the River Wye.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration (licence) on the River Thames.
Strong stream advice, river conditions, reach closures and restrictions affecting boaters on Anglian waterways.
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