registering a boat in ireland

[Guest]

Hello all, i have just purchased a new yacht and i would like to fly an irish flag on it. I have an irish passport, i live in spain, i have also a nortern ireland address. Does anyone have thw address where i can register it in ireland. Or if i register with the ssr and an irish address will this be enough.

ta tom

 

[kindredspirit]

Hi Tom,

Department of the Marine,
26-27 Eden Quay,
Dublin 1,
Ireland.

Telephone + 353 1 874 4693

Fax + 353 874 4702

Kevin.

 

[kdf]

Ah - a subject near and dear to my heart. There is no SSR system in Ireland. The Merchant shipping act of 19xx (can't remember) is the only way to register a boat/ship/tanker/yacht in Ireland. Its not designed for small boats - costs a lot , maybe close to £2K (registering, survey etc) and was designed for merchant shipping. One of the requirements is that you have the ships registration number engraved on the main beam of the vessel!. its a crazy situation and there has been a lot of lobbying for an SSR type scheme but apparently some Minister for the marine here feels that if you are wealthy enough to own a boat then you can afford the £2K to register it!

There is a certificate of origin available from the Irish Sailing association (www.sailing.ie) which sometimes works. I say sometimes because in some parts of France (Lorient) they wont accept it (read 400 euro fine on the spot, in cash) but Spain is usually ok.

My advice - forget about flying the Irish flag. Register is on the SSR, stick the British Ensign on the stern and fly the tricolour on the port spreader.

 

[Guest]

thanks all

think i will go with the ssr.... its a lot less bover

 

[fedor]

Welcome to hell of registering a boat in Ireland! It's a long a tedious process, although practice shows that it can be done.

To register your yacht you need to get in touch with the Dublin Registry
of Shipping and complete the Survey 6 and survey 118 forms and return them to the Chief Surveyor together with a fee of EUR165. They will assign the surveyor and after the tonnage survey and some other formalities carving note will be issued.

Contacts:
Marine Survey Office, 26-27 Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Email: willie.o'farrell@marine.gov.ie
Phone +353 1 874 4900 ext 32
Fax +353 1 872 4491
Address:
Registry of Shipping,
Customs & Excise,
Stamping Building
Dublin Castle,
Dublin 2

Fax +353 (0) 1 677 6026


Some more info on the subject:
Web: http://www.revenue.ie/services/foi/s16_2001/reg_ship.htm

Good luck!