Part 1 registration.

[poltergeist]

Could someone with experience of it, please advise me how long it takes, roughly, to get a boat Part 1 registered?

Many thanks.

 

[Nick_H]

It varies, depending on how busy they are at Cardiff, but you can get a 24 hr service by paying a premium (of about £100 iirc).

 

[PCUK]

That's for a new boat of course!

 

[jfm]

Could someone with experience of it, please advise me how long it takes, roughly, to get a boat Part 1 registered?

Many thanks.

Most of it is up to you. YOU have to get the boat surveyed and get the surveyor to mail in his report. If you crack the whip, < 1 week. YOU have to supply title docs, which you can do right now if you have them. With all that, if you don't pay the express fee, 2-4 weeks to get your acceptence. Then YOU have to carve and mark the boat and file the declaration (or have a surveyor sign it if it's a commercial boat), and THEN you get the part 1 certif

If you're in a hurry they will issue a temporary part 1 registration valid for a month, by email as a pdf, same day. Before doing all their checks and before carving and marking. The temporary certif looks different from the real McCoy; it's clearly marked temporary or provisional or something

 

[andy59]

It took us longer to think up a name than do all the registration stuff

 

[Searush]

If it's not a new boat, it could take for ever - you have to prove ownership thro each owner & have bills of sale for each transfer. That alone means locating all previous owners for whom there isn't a bill of sale.

 

[poltergeist]

Thanks for all the replies guys.