Boat buying / flag advice please

[Lord Fondlemaid]

Hello all,

I think this is the right place to ask this question however please forgive me if it's not.

I'm hopefully soon to be a first time boat owner.

The boat I'm looking at buying is a Jeanneau Cap Camarat 7.5 CC Series 2. (Just under 8m length, petrol outboard engine)

It's currently based in France but registered under a Belgian flag.

I intend to move the boat to Ibiza (Spain) and use it to pootle around the island and over to Formentera etc. Just private use, not chartering it out either bareboat or skippered.

My qualifications are: RYA Sailing Day Skipper (non-tidal) and RYA Power Boat Level 2. I have ordered and am currently awaiting my ICCs for both of those licences.

Can anyone see any potential issues with the Spanish Guardia Civil / Authorities or whoever, based upon the flag of the boat, the Spanish waters it will be in and my qualifications? I've googled the hell out of it, and also spoken with some skippers I know here in Ibiza however I've found it difficult to get a definitive answer.

What I'd like to know is: am I good to go under the circumstances above, or will I need to register the boat under the MCA SSR as I'm a UK citizen and resident. Are there any other considerations I need to be aware of?

I may also be missing something (or things) fundamental... and I'm not sure I'm even asking the right questions!

Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks in advance!

 

[rafiki_]

Welcome to the Forum, and best wishes with your forthcoming purchase.

As a first time poster, your post takes some time to appear due to forum moderation. As a consequence, there is a tendency to miss these first posts, so while I can't help with your question, hopefully others who can will see the post and comment.

 

[Tranona]

The answer to your question is what you hint at. Register the boat on the SSR. There are currently no restrictions on using it or keeping it in Spain. You will need to insure it and best to do that with a UK company who will also provide you with a Spanish translation of the certificate.Make sure the seller properly deregisters it and provides the paperwork to show that VAT was originally paid.

 

[PlanB]

If it were me, and it is legally possible, I'd keep in on the Belgian register until the Brexit issues shake out. I don't think there should be any issues about this with the GC etc. A Spanish doctor friend has just bought a boat on the Belgian register and is leaving it on there, although the boat is in Spain. Your quals should be fine.

 

[Lord Fondlemaid]

Thanks all for your input