Many thanks everyone for their feedback..
Many thanks everyone for their feedback..
I just checked the Swedish registry and it seems to imply that you either need to live in Sweden, or the owner has to be Swedish or something. Just being a "Swedish Chef" is apparently not enough
Oh I'm sorry! I haven't had enough coffee yet.. Many thanks, registering to be a proud member of the Swedish Cruising Association soon.
A few years ago I got fed up with the large premium hikes despite no change in risk on my boat from a UK broker I had used for years. They told me that this was to cover underwriter's losses in the Caribbean. It seemed all none UK based boats were paying for the hit regardless of the risks in their area.
I renewed last January, but renewal may be different to new business.
Please be aware that the Swedish Cruising Association (SXK) is basically a nation wide boating club and that its register of yachts has no ties to Swedish authorities or Sweden as a nation. The only slight link to 'official Sweden' is that the government has at one point authorised the association to issue an 'international certificate for pleasure crafts'.Many thanks everyone for their feedback..
I just checked the Swedish registry and it seems to imply that you either need to live in Sweden, or the owner has to be Swedish or something. Just being a "Swedish Chef" is apparently not enough
Given that the OP is not intending staying in the Baltic, but taking the boat to Turkey all this stuff about local Swedish registration is irrelevant.
That's interesting and I admit having no knowledge of where boats tend to be registered in the Baltic states or which flags are flown there.
If the OP wants a registration to suit his declared purpose based on what he says about his personal situation and the proposed boat UK Part 1 is the most appropriate and it costs. It is nowhere as difficult as you suggest IF the boat has a sound provenance. There will almost certainly be an registry approved surveyor in Norway although he could get provisional registration pending survey and then get it done when he stops in the UK on his way to Turkey.
I am no expert on the SXK registration, but suspect that it is highly likely that “nobody ever faulting it” applies in its close neighbouring Baltic waters. But this may not be the case in places much further away like Turkey (or indeed Greece), where they also tend to have more port police etc who sometimes take an (excessive) interest in paperwork. A boat owned by a UK Limited company might immediately attract attention, and then a Swedish club registration will just add to this - especially if, as suggested, it doesn’t formally entitle a foreign owned vessel to fly a Swedish ensign.
If you read the other posts from this OP the subject has been raised before. The "argument" is based on what he has revealed about his intentions. That is the problem that arises when the same subject and set of circumstances is spread over more than one thread. If you read all the threads you will see that he has been given sound explanations of the issues he faces and ways in which he might be able to deal with them. Swedish Club registration does not meet his requirements, however useful it might be for others.
