Polish registration?

Straightman21 said:
I saw an earlier exchange regarding registering one's yacht in Ireland. With Brexit looming large on the horizon, is there any benefit in considering such a move as advertised in the link below? [NB: I note that vessels over 7.5m would need a 'Skiiper's ticket', whatever that might mean.].
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I am baffled by those wanting to sail in Europe changing their boat registration from SSR.

The two changes we’ve known about for years are firstly that your boat needs to be in the EU (welll not in the UK) for it to retain EU VAT paid so it can be in EU waters forever and secondly that UK citizens will only be allowed 90 out of 180 days in the EU.

So have the boat in the EU on 31/12 and get yourselfan EU country passport and all problems solved - I dont see how boat registration comes into it.
 
Joker said:
" get yourselfan EU country passport"

Ummm .... how?
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Obviously not possible for everybody, but changing the boat registration doesn’t help the 90/180 rule in any way. For me and my wife it’s ancestry rather than any ties to the EU country - for her Polish and me Irish.
 
Straightman21 said:
I saw an earlier exchange regarding registering one's yacht in Ireland. With Brexit looming large on the horizon, is there any benefit in considering such a move as advertised in the link below? [NB: I note that vessels over 7.5m would need a 'Skiiper's ticket', whatever that might mean.].
Get a Boat Registration with Polish Flag and a MMSI Radio License in 24h
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I looked at that and whatever it is your boat is registered on, it is not the Polish Register of Shipping. (equivalent the UK Part 1 Register). My boat is on the UK Part Register and I would be reluctant to re-register on anything that was not equivalent to that.

Perhaps I am being over-cautious but if re-flagging becomes too easy, eg no survey required, I reckon authorities in some Member States might object to it.
 
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RupertW said:
Obviously not possible for everybody, but changing the boat registration doesn’t help the 90/180 rule in any way. For me and my wife it’s ancestry rather than any ties to the EU country - for her Polish and me Irish.
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So I need to divorce my British wife and replace her with a Polish one? ;)
 
Poignard said:
;) I haven't but I wonder if I could buy one?

My ex-wife had Irish grandparents but I think that link is a bit too tenuous for the authorities. Perhaps if I arrived on an Irish beach in an inflatable and claimed asylum ......
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You have my email address. You could ask me to marry you ?
 
Koeketiene said:
OP referred to another thread started by @Poignard regarding Irish registration.

Point of the exrcise would be to maintain the EU VAT paid status of a boat currently already in the EU.
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But registration makes no difference to that at all. My boat is EU VAT paid and will remain so as it is in the EU zone on transition day and will remain EU VAT paid forever under SSR. Or Polish or US or any recognised nation‘s registration in the world.
 
RupertW said:
But registration makes no difference to that at all. My boat is EU VAT paid and will remain so as it is in the EU zone on transition day and will remain EU VAT paid forever under SSR. Or Polish or US or any recognised nation‘s registration in the world.
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Not necessarily so... Even a boat that is owned and crewed by an EU National if physically removed from the EU becomes vat due again after 3 or 4 years of absence.

Not sure anyone knows exactly how a boat that is owned by someone that is a resident of a country that leaves the EU stands ..

I suspect the uk and all of its citizens' assets become non eu assets. With dispensations for those with residential status in EU countries.

Then you have the issue of eu residents using non eu vessels in countries where they do not have residential status.

It is a mess, and I suspect unless you are really a citizen of an EU country, absent a deal you will be dealt with in the the same manner as US citizens and their boats are dealt with now.
 
Ummmm

so reading the polish registration company website I send them all my personal details, a power of attorney, and pay them.

at least normal scammers do not charge you when they scam you.

personally I would be cautious before handing any personal details and a power of attorney to a person on the internet.............or am I just untrusting?
 
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