And so the hunt begins

[Stingo]

Re cat:
Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain
All info there. In a nutshell, rabies jab, micro chipped and pet passport. If flying, will have to travel as cargo - check with airline. I know BA does it, not sure about cheapos.

Yep, she has all that.

 

[Tranona]

Sadly, the catamaran that I really like is UK Part 1 flagged which means that when I return to Portugal on it, being a Portuguese resident, I'll have to pay 23% VAT on it, which makes it unaffordable

That is nothing to do with its registration, but because it is coming from outside the EU and therefore an import.

 

[Stingo]

That is nothing to do with its registration, but because it is coming from outside the EU and therefore an import.

Yes, and I'd like to keep her registered under Part 1.

 

[Tranona]

You can’t possibly choose a boat on your own. That is against forum rules.

The required stages are
1) You post on here some partial/incomplete requirements (without mentioning any budget)
2) we then
a) criticise your requirements and tell you what they should be; and / or
b) recommend you can only buy the boat we prefer, doesn’t match any of your requirements and is wildly over your budget
3) You as original poster despair and never return to the thread - or forum
4) You buy another flat instead

That is how the forum process is supposed to work

Depending on who is active on the forum at the time, the list would probably start with a Twister, followed by a Contessa 32, but more sensibly any one of a range of AWBs.

 

[Tranona]

Yes, and I'd like to keep her registered under Part 1.

You can do that under EU VAT rules as registration is not connected to EU VAT paid status - although you might have difficulty convincing Portuguese customs!

 

[ChromeDome]

I think you need to explain how you know the female owner is sound & well maintained?

She looks sound with two well-shaped bulbs pointing forward.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Sadly, the catamaran that I really like is UK Part 1 flagged which means that when I return to Portugal on it, being a Portuguese resident, I'll have to pay 23% VAT on it, which makes it unaffordable

Can't you and the cooking fat move to the UK for the duration of the purchase and fit out prior to leaving for sunnier climes? 2 to 3 months max.

 

[Stingo]

Can't you and the cooking fat move to the UK for the duration of the purchase and fit out prior to leaving for sunnier climes? 2 to 3 months max.

That was the plan, but 23% VAT on arriving back in Portugal killed it.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

That was the plan, but 23% VAT on arriving back in Portugal killed it.

Do you have to go back to Portugal

 

[Wansworth]

How many windows,may we ask

 

[Stingo]

Do you have to go back to Portugal

No, but the place is difficult to avoid if heading from the UK to the Canaries, then the Caribbean and my current passport is connected to my residence here

 

[Fr J Hackett]

No, but the place is difficult to avoid if heading from the UK to the Canaries, then the Caribbean and my current passport is connected to my residence here

New passport or a second one as you won't need your residency having sold your flat.

 

[Stingo]

One of the attractions of Portugal is the low cost of living compared to the UK and the Caribbean eg a glass of red plonk is only €1.00 at my local.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

One of the attractions of Portugal is the low cost of living compared to the UK and the Caribbean eg a glass of red plonk is only €1.00 at my local.

Ah I thought you were going to go straight to the Caribbean not linger in Europe

 

[Stingo]

Ah I thought you were going to go straight to the Caribbean not linger in Europe

Close. I've never done any cruising in the med, so being based here would be convenient and then in about two or so years head west.

 

[Graham376]

Sadly, the catamaran that I really like is UK Part 1 flagged which means that when I return to Portugal on it, being a Portuguese resident, I'll have to pay 23% VAT on it, which makes it unaffordable

Only if you get caught. If your previous boat was in Portugal on B day, rename the new boat with the old boat's name. You're then just returning rather than arriving.

 

[srm]

Sadly, the catamaran that I really like is UK Part 1 flagged which means that when I return to Portugal on it, being a Portuguese resident, I'll have to pay 23% VAT on it, which makes it unaffordable

A bit less if you enter Portugal in the Azores, 16% VAT here.

 

[Stingo]

Only if you get caught. If your previous boat was in Portugal on B day, rename the new boat with the old boat's name. You're then just returning rather than arriving.

I was boatless on B day. I like Fr Hackett's idea of a second UK passport.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

I was boatless on B day. I like Fr Hackett's idea of a second UK passport.

Unfortunately, border control are not that daft.

The numbers on the passport are meaningless, it's the combination of name, sex, date of birth, place of birth and nationality that uniquely identifies you unless you are very lucky and have an identical twin whose passport you can borrow and whose biometric data is a match for you. The odds of another person with exactly the same name and sex, being born in the same place, on the same day, in the same year and having the same nationality is so miniscule that it's as good as a certainty that the two passports belong to the same person - the data needed for a passport was chosen for this purpose - and it is now extended with biometrics.

You wouldn't be the first to think you could leave a country, go home, get a new passport with a new passport number, and then going back to start a new visa-free period.

 

[RAI]

Are any for sale?

Yes, or rented on Airbnb I believe. But they are maybe not your kind of cat.