European boat Registration, Insurance and VAT ~ Buying a boat in France Ep. 6

Before you make an offer on your dream boat you need to carefully consider where and if you can register the boat. Registration is required France, Belgium and Germany. Along with registration comes taxes - has the VAT been paid on the vessel? Are you importing it from the UK to Western Europe? Be careful, there are a lot of pit falls here. Then comes insurance. Can you get the boat insured? Finally how do you transfer large stacks of Dollars into Euros affordably?
Links:
Yacht Focus: www.yachtfocus...
The Kadaster Rules: www.kadaster.n...
Dutch ICP Rules: www.government...
Doeve Yacht Brokers: www.doevemakel...
French Registration Rules: www.service-pu...
ANPEI: www.anpei.org
Cap-Marine Insurance through the ANPEI: www.anpei.org/...
Wise Foreign Exchange: wise.com
DBA: Dutch Barging Association: barges.org
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[@Smudgie]

I'm so glad I found your channel. If you are registering your boat to the Marina address, does this mean you have to over-winter the boat at that Marina?

[@SavvyNomadTV]

Hi Phil, good question. The answer is yes for the first year. Then you can move the boat anywhere you want for winter. The reason you'd need to be there for the first winter is only because the authorities want to see that you have an annual contract, after that no one cares.

[@user-il7ji2ih5w]

Hello im having the same problem in korea they don't have a register do u have any contacts who could help?

[@SavvyNomadTV]

Sorry, I don’t.