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Guidance for applying for a Deck CoC for Commercial and Private Yachts.
Large Commercial Yacht Code requirements: construction, maintenance, operation, and responsibilities for surveying and certifying of large commercial yachts.
Guidance for applying for a Engineer Yacht CoC.
Training record book for yacht ratings and officers in charge of a navigational watch, yachts less than 3000 GT.
To be completed when applying for a large yacht survey.
Complete form MSF 4340, to apply for a yacht rating certificate for commercially and privately owned yachts and sail training vessels less than 3000 GT
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
The form to be completed by the classification society on completion of survey
The 2013 update, edition 3, of the large commercial yacht code.
This notice describes revised arrangements for verification of sea service testimonials of seafarers working in the large yacht sector.
Survey documents and guidance information from UKSR LYS of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Complete MSF 5198, to apply to request a survey of large a yacht.
A collection of documents and guidance for operations and crew of large commercial yachts.
Notice to all designers, builders, surveyors, owners, managing agents, skippers, crew and Certifying Authorities of yachts and powerboats including pleasure vessels and small commercial vessels.
UKSR LYS advice notes for those who wish to have their vessel projects surveyed.
The code of safe practice for large commercial yachts, and a list of the main changes from previous version LY2.
LY2 was the 2005 update of the original 'code of practice for the safety of large commercial sailing and motor vessels', known as LY1.
Stability information for motor and sailing vessels, a stability questionnaire, and guidance on carrying out inclining tests.
Complete MSF4208 to apply for a safe manning document for a yacht
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