Hi all,

I am to begin building a motor cruiser soon, just have to make a final
choice between a couple of plans I have been looking at. I live in the UK.
My question is about what to do when you have completed a boat. I presume I
need to get a safety certificate before I can launch the boat ? Is there
other procedures I need to follow aswell ? I want to get an idea of what
things I need to do when I have a completed boat and how much to allow for
them in my budget.

Any advice or pointers to suitable reading material on such things would be
appreciated. It will be my first boat so I am a little green regarding these
matters.

many thnx,

Adrian.

"Adrian" wrote in message ...
Hi all,

I am to begin building a motor cruiser soon, just have to make a final
choice between a couple of plans I have been looking at. I live in the UK.

What are you thinking of building? I would be interested to hear more
details of your project.

I don't know the answer to your question but, if you don't get an answer
from this group, you could try going across and registering with
http://www.ybw.com/ybw/home.htm. They have a set of web forums that
have a number of people who appear helpful and knowledgeable. The
participants are mostly UK based so you are quite likely to find someone
with knowledge of UK/European regulations.

- Julian

you may also want to consider insurance. a call to a marine insurer might
help.

"Julian" ) writes:
"Adrian" wrote in message ...
Hi all,

I am to begin building a motor cruiser soon, just have to make a final
choice between a couple of plans I have been looking at. I live in the UK.

What are you thinking of building? I would be interested to hear more
details of your project.

I don't know the answer to your question but, if you don't get an answer
from this group, you could try going across and registering with
http://www.ybw.com/ybw/home.htm. They have a set of web forums that
have a number of people who appear helpful and knowledgeable. The
participants are mostly UK based so you are quite likely to find someone
with knowledge of UK/European regulations.

- Julian




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Yes I will definately be wanting insurance.

From what I can gather by my research is that first I am going to need a
safety certificate, then some insurance and then some form of license for
whatever waterways I will be travelling on. I just need to find out where I
can obtain these from. The marine insurance I am guessing will be able to
steer me in the right directions for most of them. I just want to make sure
that when I eventually get in the water I have done all my homework and am
covered properly. Would hate to spend time and money on my project and then
end up in trouble for not having done all the stuff required.

Adrian.


"William R. Watt" wrote in message
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you may also want to consider insurance. a call to a marine insurer might
help.

"Julian" ) writes:
"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I am to begin building a motor cruiser soon, just have to make a final
choice between a couple of plans I have been looking at. I live in the
UK.

What are you thinking of building? I would be interested to hear more
details of your project.

I don't know the answer to your question but, if you don't get an answer
from this group, you could try going across and registering with
http://www.ybw.com/ybw/home.htm. They have a set of web forums that
have a number of people who appear helpful and knowledgeable. The
participants are mostly UK based so you are quite likely to find someone
with knowledge of UK/European regulations.

- Julian




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I didn't pay great attention to the details since I'm from the US, but
I seem to recall a furor some time ago about the "Recreational
Craft Directive". I think the RCD was requiring every boat
(including home builts) to certify to some absurd safety standard,
including some type of stability test. The UK magazines that I
occasionally read thought it was completely ridiculous. You might
want to try a search on RCD to see if anything turns up.

Matt

"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I am to begin building a motor cruiser soon, just have to make a final
choice between a couple of plans I have been looking at. I live in the UK.
My question is about what to do when you have completed a boat. I presume
I
need to get a safety certificate before I can launch the boat ? Is there
other procedures I need to follow aswell ? I want to get an idea of what
things I need to do when I have a completed boat and how much to allow for
them in my budget.

Any advice or pointers to suitable reading material on such things would
be
appreciated. It will be my first boat so I am a little green regarding
these
matters.

many thnx,

Adrian.

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:34:41 +0000, Matt/Meribeth Pedersen wrote:

I didn't pay great attention to the details since I'm from the US, but
I seem to recall a furor some time ago about the "Recreational
Craft Directive". I think the RCD was requiring every boat
(including home builts) to certify to some absurd safety standard,
including some type of stability test. The UK magazines that I
occasionally read thought it was completely ridiculous. You might
want to try a search on RCD to see if anything turns up.

The RCD only comes to play if you intend to sell the boat. For your
own personal use you can do what you want to. In Europe it is not
legal to sell a boat which is not CE marked, ie you must proove it
is buildt acording to the RCD. Bu if the boat has been used for 5
years or more you can legaly sell it. By 5 years in use the boat
has prooven to be good enough. (At least that is the way it is in
Norway, and probably in the rest of Europe also.)

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