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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.
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…
You should check what kind of insurance you need - it depends on how and…
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
Capsizing due to insufficient stability is a major cause of fatalities for fishing vessels under 24m length, especially those under 15m.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
How to get statutory safety training and the certificates of competency you will need to work in the fishing industry.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
Instructions on applying for STCW watch ratings, yacht ratings, or able seafarer certificates and information on gaining an efficient deck hand certificate
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
This guidance provides details on how to conduct and record a risk assessment, and how safety management systems can help to improve safety on fishing vessels.
This guidance provides details on how to book an inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different inspection procedures.
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
Boat registration, boat safety and river levels
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Find out how to charge and collect excise duty on fuel used in private pleasure craft and fuel used for private pleasure flying.
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