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UK's Royal Yachting Association cautioned sailors about rescuing migrants at sea as it's feared a proposed change in the law may expose them to prosecution.

Royal Yacht Association advises members against rescuing asylum seekers in the Channel amid fears they could be jailed for people smuggling

Collaboration between leading leisure marine representative bodies yields positive confirmation on post-Brexit VAT interpretation

Yachting Monthly 0shares Yachting Monthly experts help you unravel what the new regulations post-Brexit mean for UK and EU sailors Non-UK residents can buy and keep a boat in the UK. Credit: Alex Ramsey/Alamy I am planning to re-visit western Scotland, and am looking for a new boat. Would it be legal for me, as an EU citizen and Dutch national, to buy and keep a boat in the UK post-Brexit? Willem Zijp The RYA’s cruising manager, Stuart Carruthers responds: I ass...

Yachting Monthly 0shares Yachting Monthly experts help you unravel what the new regulations post-Brexit mean for UK and EU sailors Meat and milk products bought in the UK must remain onboard when cruising the EU Following the recent Brexit news about lorry drivers having their sandwiches confiscated, a pertinent question arises. Covid-permitting, many sailors are hoping to cross the Channel this coming summer. Like any sensible sailor, we like to be well prepared f...

C1331 check-in and check-out system to be replaced 0shares A new online reporting system for all sailors leaving and returning to the UK should go live later this year A C1331 form has to be submitted every time a boat travels outside and into UK waters. Credit: Getty Called Submit A Pleasure Craft Report, it will be available to fill out via the gov.uk website. There are no plans to make it available as an app. Since the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020, cruiser...

The latest advice from the UK government is encapsulated in its ‘Customs Notice 8: Sailing your pleasure craft to and from the UK’. What’s more Form C1331 must be filled in by anyone planning to take a vessel in or out of the UK’s 12-mile limit. Logistically, all this means a few fundamental changes to the EU cruising rules. For instance, UK boats will only be able to clear customs in ‘major ports’ within the EU. This may not be too big an inconvenience for occasional voyages from t...

Cabinet members outside No 11 in March 2020. ‘Until the anti-Tory forces in England can collaborate, the Tories will always win.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images John Harris’s excellent article (The Conservatives are now the party of England. Changing that will be hard, 14 March) unfortunately mapped out our political future for the coming years. The Conservative party is dominant because since winning the 2010 gener...

Following confirmation in the 2021 Budget, what impact will Brexit have on red diesel use by UK cruisers visiting the EU?