Novice - needs advice please!

[Moochos]

Hello

We are currently in the process of purchasing our first boat - a Jeanneau Leader 805, which we will be keeping in Denia Spain. We have been informed by our marine finance company that the boat has to be part 1 registered in the UK and that we need to get it insured by a UK company. I have been trying to find an idiots guide for this online without any success. Can anyone explain in simple terms what is involved. Eg why is it necessary to name a uk port? Does it matter which one we choose - as the boat will never go there? Also will we incur higher insurance costs being insured by a uk insurance company but only cruising in the med? Help please!!!

PS have already visited UK insurance company website and they assume we already know more than we do! We are UK resident novice boaters!!

 

[rickp]

To get a boat registered on the Part 1 list, you will need to do the following:

Get the boat surveyed for the part 1 measurements. The surveyor will know what you're after if you tell them its for Part 1.

Chose a unique name - probably best to speak to the helpful ladies at the registry (see here for contact details). They can quickly tell you if a name has gone or not. Took us a little while to find one that hadn't already gone /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Some people get around this by doing the '<foo> of Hamble' - but officially you're supposed to put the full name and port ('<foo> of Hamble, Southampton) - though many don't.

Chose a port from this list - the boat never has to go there.

Fill in this form along with a declaration of eligibility. Send them, along with the measurement certificate (and a builders certificate if its new).

Once you've jumped through all the hoops, you will get a 'carving note', which tells you to mark the boat with the registered tonnage and Official Number. This should be marked on a significant beam of the boat in a way that it can't be removed. You should also apply the name and port of registry on the stern. Then you can sign the carving note and send it back.

The last step is you'll receive the registry document.

At least, thats what I remember from doing ours.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

rickp's explanation is excellent. The finance co needs to register the mortgage against the boat at the Registry in order to confirm their financial interest in it. This is quite normal. Any UK marine insurance co will be familiar with insuring Med based boats. I would advise that you get quotes from several and play off one against the other to get the cheapest premium
We were berthed in Denia ourselves in 2004 before moving to Majorca. The marina is very modern and was developing nicely when we left