{"id":3769,"date":"2012-07-13T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T14:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2012-11-22T02:21:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T02:21:18","slug":"boat-registration-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=3769","title":{"rendered":"Boat registration dilemma!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3770\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flags.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3770\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3770\" title=\"flags\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flags.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flags.jpg 392w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flags-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To Dutch from Belgian ship registers&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For five years Eileen of Avoca has flown the Belgian flag from her flagstaff, for no reason other than I happened to live in Belgium when she was purchased.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Belgian registration was highly sought after, the choice \u201cflag of convenience\u201d for sailors seeking freedom from excessive bureaucratic regulation.<\/p>\n<p>This is no longer the case, as I was to discover upon applying for my 5 year renewal.<\/p>\n<p>If I can&#8217;t show the new identity card and include a letter from the council stating that I do indeed still reside in a particular municipality (the police actually comes to check), then it&#8217;s a no go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The UK small ships register might have been an acceptable alternative, except that for long term navigators, a clause that requires you to be \u201cordinarily resident\u201d (i.e. residing in the UK for 185 days in a 12 month period) makes it difficult to do anything other than bend the rules.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s left?<\/p>\n<p>I found my solution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pavillon-hollandais.com\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dutch registry by mail order!<\/p>\n<p>It cost me a fair packet (approximately 300 Euro) and it&#8217;s only valid for two years, but at least I can carry on with legitimate adventuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For five years Eileen of Avoca has flown the Belgian flag from her flagstaff, for no reason other than I happened to live in Belgium when she was purchased. At the time Belgian registration was highly sought after, the choice &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=3769\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[278],"tags":[1217,1213,1218,1219,1215,1216,1214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3775,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions\/3775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}