SSR

[DaveNTL]

I did SSR for the boat while i was in the USA on the 7th of april - got back to UK today and there's nothing in the post.

As the shops are now shut, so to speak, and I travel back early monday morning, could one of you nice people just tell me what it is you get when you do SSR? i.e. a certificate with a number of some sort?

I was hoping that I would have had something by now to take back with me should I be questioned out there but unless it arrives tomorrow I'm not going to.

If anyone has done this online as I did, do they e mail you your number or perhaps even send you an electronic certificate to download?

Cheers - Dave

 

[Stork_III]

You get an A5 sized plastic encapulated Certificate, valid 5 years, and a SSR number allocated, you have to buy the digits to put on the boat.

 

[Richard_Peevor]

I applied online on Tuesday, got a confirming email immedaiately and got the certificate in the post on saturday. Great service I thought..

 

[Lizzie_B]

I should have thought you would have received it by now.I got mine within the week, but I think the maximum is ten days.
I would give them a call and see what's happened!
They may be able to give you your number over the phone if you explain your situation so at least you can put it on the boat.
Did you get a transaction number when you completed the on line application?

 

[DaveNTL]

problem sorted - it arrived yesterday /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

i did the CBP user decal yesterday mark - should arrive on tuesday, even quicker than the SSR which was still good service

 

[trouville]

Is that a "small ships register"? what is a "CBP"

How can you apply on line? and besides dont we have to be British and resident?

 

[Koeketiene]

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dont we have to be British and resident?

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No - you have to be British but not necessarily resident OR you can be anything else as long as you are resident.

 

[cruisingsam]

No, you have to be resident. I just looked into this and this is an extract from the site www.mcga.gov.uk

The Small Ships Register is a simple, cheap way of registering which proves the boats nationality. It does not register ‘title’ and you cannot register a mortgage. This register is not for companies, fishing or submersible vessels or vessels over the length of 24 meters. For the purpose of registering a ship it means living and sleeping in the UK for periods which add up to 185 days or more in a twelve month period. If you are resident in the UK for tax purposes, you will generally be regarded as a resident for the purpose of registration.

 

[DaveNTL]

trouville - the CBP part to mark (aka lizzie_b) is the united states Customs and Border Patrol

certain nationalities can buy a boat in the US and purchase a 'user fee decal' for $25 from the CPB which allows you to keep your boat in the US, without having to buy an annual 'cruising permit' which are required for non-US vessels, even though you have deregistered it in the US and reregistered in your home country

also, with a cruising permit you can't keep it there permanently, you normally have to leave after the expiry of the permit

you can also go out of the US to canada and mexico and certain caribbean islands and return without applying for the boat to come back - just the boat, not the crew

mark informed me about this - prior to that I was going to register the boat in one of the US states - unlike the UK a foreigner can do that there, but doing SSR and buying the user fee decal from the CBP was preferable