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Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
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 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.
Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.
Information and guidance notes for keeping a sailing vessel stable in typical sailing conditions.
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.
Location: Bay of Biscay
Guidance for operators of Thames sailing barges.
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.
Location: 10 miles south of Prawle Point, Devon, England.
Location: Kielder Water in Northumberland, England.
The stability guidance booklets for masters and watch keepers for powered and sailing vessels
Location: Off Puffin Island, Wales.
Urgent safety lesson issued after a fatal man overboard from the sailing yacht CV30 in the Indian Ocean on 18 November 2017.
Location: English Channel off the south coast of England.
Urgent safety lesson issued after the yacht Tyger of London capsized off Tenerife, Canary Islands due to a shallow draught, lead keel failure.
Location: Portsmouth harbour area, England.
This documents highlights safety concerns to owners, operators and crew of yachts.
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