I have just renewed by SSR

[Lucky Duck]

Having a few moments to spare I laminated my ships radio licence

 

[jwilson]

It would be so much easier for everyone to register on Part 1 instead of have to stump up £25 every five years

We ( https://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/ ) still find occasional owners with Part I "Blue Books" who think their own boat is still registered - when the fact they have not paid and renewed means that the MCA have long since deleted their registration.......

 

[macd]

Interesting issue re digital SSR registration (if it ever happens, and I suppose inevitably it will). In a long and tortuous thread a few years ago, it was established (somewhat) that French law required the original of registration documents. So...exactly what is an 'original' in this digital age?

(I should add that I have a comparable take on of insurance insurance documents. The 'original' of mine has for years been digital, even down to the signature of the company's certifying officer.)

 

[LadyInBed]

(I should add that I have a comparable take on of insurance insurance documents. The 'original' of mine has for years been digital, even down to the signature of the company's certifying officer.)

Don't they send you a PDF?
They seem to be accepted as an original these days, even by the Spanish!

 

[dunedin]

I'm intrigued to know in what sense not bothering with the laminating is a 'step towards electronic documentation'.

Presumably can save (some) cost and effort by sending their digital file directly to a mail company who prints and puts in envelope and mailsort sequence automatically.
But certainly lacks any official document credibility.

 

[macd]

Don't they send you a PDF?
They seem to be accepted as an original these days, even by the Spanish!

Yes, they do, but the (perhaps esoteric) question remains about the definition of 'original'. A hard copy generally gets into my hands several months later. The PDF would be much easier to edit

 

[LittleSister]

I'm intrigued to know in what sense not bothering with the laminating is a 'step towards electronic documentation'.

Presumably can save (some) cost and effort by sending their digital file directly to a mail company who prints and puts in envelope and mailsort sequence automatically.
But certainly lacks any official document credibility.

Isn't that what they do already?

I think what they're intending to do is just send you a digital document, and if you want a hard copy you'll have to print it yourself.

My point was that the laminating is nothing to do with digitisation as such.