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Dockhead · 16-04-2009, 03:57

So, the boat I've finally settled on turns out to be VAT-paid in the EU. Since I plan to use the boat primarily in the Med (and probably keep her on the South Coast of England the first year), the VAT status is useful, also if I go to sell her sometime.

I am a U.S. citizen living in a non-EU Eastern European country. I had thought to register my boat in the U.S., which as it turns out is dead simple and dead cheap for a U.S. citizen. But this changes the game.

The boat brokers told me that foreigners register their boats all the time in the U.K. -- as long as they have an address no one asks any questions. The rules say, however, that foreigners are not entitled to fly the Red Ensign unless they are established in the U.K. -- that is, permanent residents.

Does any of you U.K. yotties have any words of wisdom for me?

16-04-2009, 03:57	#1
Dockhead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 335	Boat Registration in UK So, the boat I've finally settled on turns out to be VAT-paid in the EU. Since I plan to use the boat primarily in the Med (and probably keep her on the South Coast of England the first year), the VAT status is useful, also if I go to sell her sometime. I am a U.S. citizen living in a non-EU Eastern European country. I had thought to register my boat in the U.S., which as it turns out is dead simple and dead cheap for a U.S. citizen. But this changes the game. The boat brokers told me that foreigners register their boats all the time in the U.K. -- as long as they have an address no one asks any questions. The rules say, however, that foreigners are not entitled to fly the Red Ensign unless they are established in the U.K. -- that is, permanent residents. Does any of you U.K. yotties have any words of wisdom for me?