Finally, an online Border Force reporting system

[dolabriform]

See here for the RYA announcement

https://www.rya.org.uk/news/border-...for-notifying-overseas-pleasure-craft-voyages

At last, an easy way to do this.

You can save all your details in advance

 

[Just_sayin']

The logic of calling the Pleasure Craft Reporting Service sPCR defeats me.

 

[LadyInBed]

Thanks, just went through the registration process, all straightforward, no hitches.

 

[westhinder]

That's good news, just registered and that was easy. The fact that you can save all the basic data and reuse them is a big step in the right direction

 

[Poecheng]

Thanks, just went through the registration process, all straightforward, no hitches.

Do you have an AIS number? I was stumped at that one. I have AIS Transceiver on my Ofcom licence but there is no number for that, just a call sign and MMSI. Even a search on the Ofcom site for "AIS number" returned no results. I just put my Ofcom licence number !
Otherwise great

 

[dolabriform]

Do you have an AIS number? I was stumped at that one. I have AIS Transceiver on my Ofcom licence but there is no number for that, just a call sign and MMSI. Even a search on the Ofcom site for "AIS number" returned no results.

I couldn't figure that out either, so I stuck the MMSI in there as that is what the AIS transmits !

 

[Poecheng]

I couldn't figure that out either, so I stuck the MMSI in there as that is what the AIS transmits !

I am glad it is not just me
I will amend to that - I think you are correct. (For other's info, it asks for MMSI as well in a separate question but if it took my licence number, it will probs take anything !)
Thanks D

 

[steve yates]

Interesting it demands a registration number, yet small ships registration is not compulsory!

 

[steve yates]

The field cant be left blank so my registration number is idonthaveone , which worked.

 

[LittleSister]

Interesting it demands a registration number, yet small ships registration is not compulsory!

It's not compulsory in the UK, but I was under the impression that if you took your boat abroad the foreign authorities would require proof of your UK registration.

If that's correct you wouldn't need to be notifying your return from outside the UK if your vessel weren't registered.

p.s. The RYA page the OP linked to does give link to provide feedback about the form.

 

[[70521]]

Looks like there are lots of bits to feedback to the development team, usually a group of people who have no understanding of an application apart from what is on the specification.

Thanks for the link.

 

[mjcoon]

Looks like there are lots of bits to feedback to the development team, usually a group of people who have no understanding of an application apart from what is on the specification.

Thanks for the link.

... and the specification will be incomplete because the authors do not know how to write one!

 

[Daydream believer]

Yes as above a member of our cruising fleet emailed me to say
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I Initially registered and created an account with The Home Office, Border Force at:
Tell Border Force and HMRC you are sailing to or from the UK in a pleasure craft
and then completed the details, saving them as a draft.
The draft is editable, however, I initially responded, "no" to the AIS question as I didn't know the AIS number.
I now cannot edit the boat details to change my answer from no to yes nor can I add the AIS number. This may just be a temporary bug so suggest you take care when entering the details. I may delete all my boat details and start again.
I completed a feedback survey to point out a few points including the above problem and suggest clarity on a few points.
I am pleased that I haven't previously bothered with the cumbersome excel spreadsheet as this new system streamlines the process somewhat.-
-unquote
Personally I have already filled in the relevant parts of e 1331 & just need to enter port of departure, intended destination, & date of travel ( I am the only crew so alreay entered) & all is done
So i am happy with that & will use it next week as it is still valid

 

[[70521]]

... and the specification will be incomplete because the authors do not know how to write one!

I am quite sure the authors know who to write one, just have little experience of real life. I spent my working life in product development, usually at the end of a 'waterfall' development and it was amazing what got done without anybody having understood the real world. I'd wade in, in my Size 9 boots and say what a load of tosh. Developers got all defensive about their beautifully produced, fully function code that did exactly what the specification said. Thankfully, with the advent of agile development I was able to get in sooner and point out the lack of understanding of the real world, it did lead to some 'challenging' discussions, but as I had safety critical sign off they usually understood where I was coming from.

One interesting conversation with a Programme Director on a multi-million pound project started with, 'I am trying to get this to market and you are stopping me, and ended with, 'thanks for pointing that out we could have killed a lot of people'.

 

[laika]

Wow. "Interesting" Privacy policy attached to the data you're sharing with them including your phone number. They basically say that they'll do what the heck they like with it which includes passing it to private 3rd parties including credit reference agencies:
Borders, immigration and citizenship: privacy information notice

 

[Boathook]

Wow. "Interesting" Privacy policy attached to the data you're sharing with them including your phone number. They basically say that they'll do what the heck they like with it which includes passing it to private 3rd parties including credit reference agencies:
Borders, immigration and citizenship: privacy information notice

Does this apply if you send them bits of paper ?