Ludd
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Please quote the regulation that requires that.
Why do UK yachts have their name on the side
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Please quote the regulation that requires that.
benjenbav
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Will this one do?
The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993
Schedule 3 Para 4
A pleasure vessel which is under 24 metres in length is to be marked as follows:—
(a) ...
(b) the name and port of choice (unless an exempted ship), are to be marked on a conspicuous and permanent part of the stern on a dark ground in white or yellow letters, or on a light ground in black letters, the letters being not less than 5 centimetres high and of proportionate breadth...
Ubergeekian
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It's in the "carving and marking" letter which those nice people at the ship registry sent me.
benjenbav
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Schedule 3 of The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 is entitled "Carving and Marking", whence the letter derives its authority.
prv
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Does that apply to SSR, or is it only for Part 1?
KS has no name painted on the hull; old photos show it used to be across the stern, but wasn't reinstated when the previous owner painted her. Since it's in huge letters on the dodgers I haven't bothered putting anything on the hull, but if it's supposed to be then I might think about it.
(The SSR number is neatly displayed on the side of the coachroof.)
Pete
Ubergeekian
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Properly registered, not pretendy numbers to fool the french!
prv
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I'm happy with my pretendy numbers, and will continue to parade around with the boat's backside unadorned.
Pete
Twister_Ken
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Indigo has her name across the stern. As she has a proper transom, it's pretty well invisible to anyone but swimmers. So, on her coachroof as well. Snowbird has a sexy modern open transom, so name on quarters. No dodgers for me, I'm not old enough.
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TamarMike
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So when it is left for a prolonged period on the short stay visitors' pontoon they can remove the dodgers and become anonymous.
duncanmack
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Another good feature of "dodgers" is that you can have a pee in a bucket and other people in the moorings can't see what you are doing. So I'm led to believe anyway...
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snooks
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Pixie isn't Part 1 registered, just the SSR is proper enough for us
Besides, Pixie has a small stern, she does however have Pixie written in big foot high script on the side which far more visible than anything written on the stern.
snooks
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Another good feature of "dodgers" is that you can have a pee in a bucket and other people in the moorings can see what you are doing. So I'm led to believe anyway...
Shouldn't that be can't see what you're doing... Or were you, sorry your friend, just showing off???
duncanmack
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Ta Snooks
Sorted!
Sorted!
Swagman
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Mine is set up just that way
Certainly makes it easier to tell which is which amongst all the white boats. Have yet to scoop any water in there and set up correctly it should spill quickly.
I'm guessing you're a Kiwi. So why don't you like white?
Scillypete
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Kiwi? ? . . . . err, no.
White is just the average colour of production boats these days, no particular dislike of it in fact it ages better than coloured gelcoats, and I like my boat
and the dodgers provide a lovely bit of shelter from the wind etc when at anchor, which is useful being so far from the tropics
Searush
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Kiwi? ? . . . . err, no.
White is just the average colour of production boats these days, no particular dislike of it in fact it ages better than coloured gelcoats, and I like my boat
You're not as far from the tropics as us Welsh sailors or the poor Scots.
DaveS
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Not being posh enough to have such facilities below deck, I have a shower in the cockpit (sitting / kneeling rather than standing) and find that the dodgers combined with a dinghy in davits behind provide adequate privacy even in quite busy anchorages.
emandvee44
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Names on the side of boats
Which would you rather have?
The UK must be the last country in the EU which does not have compulsory registration for boats AND compulsory certification for skippers.
At least our SSR number can be tucked away on the stern and we can display our name anywhere - in our case bow and stern.
Michael.
Which would you rather have?
The UK must be the last country in the EU which does not have compulsory registration for boats AND compulsory certification for skippers.
At least our SSR number can be tucked away on the stern and we can display our name anywhere - in our case bow and stern.
Michael.
Twister_Ken
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Blimey, you're shy!
DaveS
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I suppose that makes this discussion a shy talk...