SSR why bother?

[petem]

I've seen many a post on this forum relating to SSR. Now my question is, why bother? Surely you only need to register if you plan to take the boat abroad or if the finance company insist on it.

I quite like the anonymity of not being registered.

 

[hlb]

SSR is needed if one goes to France. Or so they tell me. However I've been umpteen times and they have never asked me. Just as well cos my SSR has been some what mixed up. However I did send them a nice letter earlier this year. Well I filled in the form for new SSR. Then thought it would be alot easier if not need to bother changing numbers. Besides they never have enough numbers at the shop. Anyway I digress. Oh I have also previously registered it but lost the certificate, then found and lost it again. I digress again. So sends off the letter and the form, acompanied with the cheque for a tenner. They sent me back.

One set of new numbers and certificate.
One certificate for old numbers.
Course I already have another certificate and some lost numbers.
Then of course the bloke who had the boat before had the same numbers as well.
All for the same boat.

So I cant see SSR is going to be alot of good if boat gets nicked. Is it usefull for something else??

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[rich]

SSR is needed if one goes to France

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[byron]

Not having an SSR or better yet being Part 1 Registered is liking owning a house with no Deeds.

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[hlb]

Whats it like owning SSR (or a few of them) Byron??

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[LadyInBed]

Re: Deeds

Simile for Part 1 may be close, but SSR! - its just an encapsulated bit of paper that keeps the French happy.

 

[byron]

Re: Deeds

I always insist on Part 1 and I agree with your comment on SSR. However! I would rather have SSR than nothing apart from which he may want a blue, defaced blue or even rarer a defaced red one day. He will need a minimum of an SSR for that.

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[pheran]

Re: Deeds

Not only the French. SSR will save you you bother in Holland and Belgium too, where it is the minimum requirement for entry to the inland waterways. And you are much more likely to be asked for your certificate these days, particularly as they start to tighten up on Schengan procedures - we had to show our certificate three times in six weeks in Belgium this year.

The bottom line is that SSR (or Pt 1 of course) excuses you from registering your boat with the registration scheme of the country you are visiting - and the costs and hassle associated with that. Most, if not all, European countries now have on-line access to our registers and do indeed make use of this facility. I can foresee all sorts of 'inconvenience' if your on-board documentation proved to be inconsistent.

That being said, you seem unlikely to run into problems if all you do is visit European coastal locations - YET!!!

 

[claymore]

Anyway

You get a nice little plaque so it must be worth it for that.

regards
Claymore

 

[petem]

Incorrect.....

You will be unable to sell a house without the deeds.
You don't need SSR to sell a boat.

What worries me a little is the false sense of security that some may derive from SSR. What we really need is a mandatory system of registration for all boats that also requires charges against the vessel to be registered.