Channel Isles & France documents

[MILLY]

We are planning to sail to Jersey from Salcombe in the next fortnight and maybe onto St Malo. We have ICCs passports E111s boat papers and euros at the ready. If anyone knows of any other documents or has any useful information we would be very grateful.

 

[Daedelus]

Boat papers to include insurance, VHF licence and operator's licence. French courtesy ensign to fly from starboard cross trees (do make sure it's the right way up) and documents need to be originals not copies.

Don't forget a corkscrew.

However, I've only ever been asked for Euro's and that by the marinas, so you might not need any of it.

Enjoy.

 

[Koeketiene]

E111 (now replaced by Health Insurance ID card) won't do you much good in the CIs. They're not in the EU.

 

[barfly4657]

Channel Islands

Don't we have to fly the Q flag on return and report to Customs with completed form C1328?

 

[Woodlouse]

If you get stopped by the french customs then you'll need your boat documents and your passports. If you don't have the documents you'll need Euros to pay your fine.

Other than that, you won't be asked to show anything once you're actually at your destination, be it france or the channel islands.

 

[David_Jersey]

useful information we would be very grateful.

Health insurance for Jersey? E111 no good over here.

http://www.gov.je/Health/hospital_services/healthcostsuk/RHAFAQs.htm

You get limited treatment for free, but anything serious would be a bill.

 

[MILLY]

Thankyou

Thanks for the information requested its much appreciated. All we need to organise now is the weather!!

 

[MILLY]

We always carry 2 corkscrews incase one breaks!

 

[snowleopard]

French courtesy ensign to fly from starboard cross trees (do make sure it's the right way up)

Yes, be very careful. If it's the wrong way up it's a distress signal.

 

[Allan]

I did a similar trip recently. In Granville I had a visit from French customs. They had spent nearly an hour on a yacht moored near me. They then came me and asked for my boat registration, when they saw the boat name "Chausey", named after the local islands they smiled and didn't ask for anything else. The moral being, name your boat after a local well loved beauty spot and they may leave you alone. I had out of date flares and 40ltrs of red diesel in cans which I found on my return the French are fining people for!
Allan

 

[jason -and the arguenauts]

Don't we have to fly the Q flag on return and report to Customs with completed form C1328?

I've always ignored this in the past but whther the borders agency is any better organised now that the C&E used to be, I dont know.

 

[multihullsailor6]

Don't we have to fly the Q flag on return and report to Customs with completed form C1328?

If you are coming directly from France you do not need to fly the Q flag as it's a EU country.

If however you are coming directly from the Channel Islands which are not in the EU I believe you have to fly the Q flag.

You can find more information on this subject in the Reeds Sailing Almanach.

 

[alan17]

In France I was asked for the SSR certificate.

 

[jonjo]

A UK boat got fined this year for not wearing the red duster according to the rumour mill here in France, so best not make silly statements about UK regional politics with a Devon country flag if you are so inclined.

Personally I think the French should do us a favour, skip the fine and just torpedo all the daft old gits and odd balls in steel yachts who are too ashamed to fly the red ensign.

 

[David_Jersey]

French courtesy ensign to fly from starboard cross trees.

Courtesy Flag for Jersey is considered polite, but not a capital offence. At the moment

 

[rich]

French customs have asked to see my papers and log book! and they take there time reading the log,

 

[snowleopard]

Courtesy Flag for Jersey is considered polite, but not a capital offence. At the moment

A British boat on an adjacent pontoon to us in St Peter Port was flying a French courtesy flag. I asked if he was lost and he regaled me with a story involving accidents on board and visits to casualty resulting in forgetting to take it down. As I had just come from Cherbourg where I found i had left my French flag at home I didn't press the point.