Links
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Marine Insurance
- Yachtmaster Insurance Services Ltd - Providers of a comprehensive range of yacht and motor boat insurance policies, including cover for timber, steel and ferro vessels, liveaboard vessels, blue water cruisers, skippered/bareboat charter vessels and boat builders/restorers
- Noble Marine Insurance - Specialists in small boat and dinghy insurance
Useful Links
- Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA)
- UK Ship Register - UK online registration and flagging information
- HMRC Notice 8 - Customs and VAT requirements for pleasure craft in the EU
- Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) - EEA safety requirements for vessels built since 16 June 1998
- Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) - UK safety scheme for inland vessels
- British Marine Federation (BMF)
- Boat Retailers & Brokers Association (BRBA)
- Royal Yachting Association (RYA)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
- Berth Search - A list of available berths offered by members of The Yacht Harbour Association and the British Marine Federation
Marine Surveyors
- International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) - Independent organisation for marine surveyors and consultants (includes searchable members list)
- Cinque Ports Marine Services (Gary Holmes IEng AMIMarE MCMS)
- East Anglia Yacht Surveys Ltd (Dominic Buckley AssocIIMS)
- European Marine Services Ltd (John Edwin Clabburn MIIMS)
- IJ Marine (Ian Jennings)
- Insight Marine Surveys (Steven Truss AssocIIMS)