But just to be clear the rule has always been you are struck off from GP and NHS access after 3 months. It’s just that they often don’t notice unless you are mad enough to put a foreign address down when you go for treatment. And of course you are completely covered again the moment you take up residence again, even if staying indefinitely with a relative.
Going Polish is NOT a good idea. VAT paid is still the issue. The authorities, particularly in Greece and Italy went after UK flagged boats as a indicator of potential VAT not-paid status. They've cottoned on to the fact the 3rd country boats have gone for Polish registration and that this is lax in evidencing union goods status.
They are now seen all over the Med. It feels a bit more right to us as my wife has a Polish passport and indeed voted in their recent election.
If you can prove that the boat was previously on part 1 and what its tonnage was, you are basically done. The rest is almost as easy as a SSR - providing you can provide reasonable proof that the boat really is yours. E.g. bill of sale.
Occasionally?? Every time you go into a marina, PM come to say hello or you check into a new country - not sure about the UK non EU passport holders going into Europe, certainly everywhere else in the world uk boat or not registration docs are essential. Very occasionally they might want to see port of registry on the document which SSR doesn't have.
We always put London as that’s guaranteed to be fine. Anywhere is too obscure.
"All new registrations regardless of the size of the vessel will require a UK Certificate of Survey for Tonnage and Measurement issued within a 12-month period of the application to register. The survey must be completed by a surveyor from a class/certifying authority or UK Authorised Recognised Organisation."
Not guaranteed though. I´ve always *said* London as well but it's not on the SSR registration document. Smiled sweetly & said that's just the way it is more than once checking in when they wanted to see it officially written down. So far after a shrug I've got away with it. Remember most of the time around the world you're standing in a queue with the tankers & cruise liners staff filling out the same forms.
I've a laminated printout with the usual details on it as well which looks vaguely professional. That & a clean polo shirt, long trousers & even socks. Act like a Victorian child, smile & only speak when spoken to. Only answer the questions asked (quite difficult). Push the odds in your favour any way you can think of. Almost always absolutely fine, port captains tend to be very professional & pleasant even in countries many people haven't even heard of. And feels proper seadog ticking boxes to confirm there are no plague victims or diseased rats onboard
My wife always does the checking in stuff. She is concerned I might act frustrated at inconsistencies. Can sometimes be very odd when she is behind a cruise ship or two checking in, or once in Venice when all the rest were superyachts.I've a laminated printout with the usual details on it as well which looks vaguely professional. That & a clean polo shirt, long trousers & even socks. Act like a Victorian child, smile & only speak when spoken to. Only answer the questions asked (quite difficult). Push the odds in your favour any way you can think of. Almost always absolutely fine, port captains tend to be very professional & pleasant even in countries many people haven't even heard of. And feels proper seadog ticking boxes to confirm there are no plague victims or diseased rats onboard
Indeed but you can get treatment immediately if you show reasonable proof that you are resident again, and that includes staying with relatives with appropriate paperwork that you have a rental agreement etc.