"Peter S/Y Anicula" wrote:

I don't know the rules, but I think I have heard that The CE-cert is
not required for homebuild boats, unless you sell it within the first
(maybe) 5 years.

Hi to all, I am a newsbie in this NG.

That's right.
Homebuilt boats do not need CE certificate.
But there are some rules. I suppose every country has his own.

In Italy, where I leave:

- Boats up to 10 meters (about 32'), sailing into 6 miles from coast, do not
need any document of building (it is better to do a "self-certificate" of
building).
- Boats over 5 meters (about 17'), sailing without limits from coast, must
have buoyancy and stability certificate realeased from an institution such
as ABS, Lloyd's Register, RINA, on their inspection.
- Boats over 10 meters (or in any case sailing over 12 miles from coast) are
to be registered in a pubblic "vessels register"

You cannot sell them before 5 Years from building into the European Market
(You can sell them out of Europe).

Ciao
Leo