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Happy to stand corrected Tranona, but I doubt the survey is required for a boat already on the register. The issue Felice needs to...

Keep in mind that if Mr (or Ms) Fridge Accident has travel insurance, his insurers will come after the boat owner rather than Mr Fridge...

I think they are different things. The QE2's famous squat was a steady-state phenomenon arsing from the combination of high speed/a...

Reported for being unfriendly. Golly gosh. The tax evasion post was made, or hinted, in 52. It really wasn't a big deal - keep your...

just added a tiny point above :)

Yes correct - I wasn't drilling into that level of detail bearing in mind his stated cruising grounds which don't seem to take him far...

130nm feels like a typo. The reported MoB position is ballpark 1300nm ESE of Bermuda

Scenario 1: the boat that you buy might be VAT paid, but also it might not. Both "flavours" of boats are available on the used boat...

Not sure i agree that. What does "EU taxed boat" mean?

That's a consequence of your citizenship. SkipFelice is (afaik and I'm happy to be corrected) a CH citizen with no other citizenships...

Red ensign state means a state whose boats fly a RE. Legalistically that's UK, the "Crown Dependencies" and the "UK Overseas...

Crossed purposes here regarding use of the phrase "ICC". I think Skipper felice should really be saying "Swiss certif of Competence"...

Ok fair enough CH registration might be inconvenient. In which case go somewhere else like a red ensign sate, but not San Marino!

I don't see any advantages in any of that, though I see plenty of disadvantages. Pretty much every flag state will offer the same, for...

I struggle to believe CH costs for you will be higher than SM costs. What are the restrictions/problems in CH for private use? Can you...