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In January, I tackled the boat’s paperwork. A year earlier, I’d written to flaggenzertifikate@bsh.de at the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie — BSH, Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency — asking how to register a pleasure boat.
First, a call sign and MMSI. Go to Germany’s Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur. Download the form, fill it in and post it. A week later, the reply contains your Ship Station Licence. Annual MMSI administration bills follow, up to €5 a year. Issue cost €59, though the invoice arrived only six months later, in June.
Next, registration. Three options:
1. Entry in the ship register. Expensive, but permanent. It grants the right to fly the flag and proves ownership. Apply through BSH’s website using your Elster-issued tax ID. Only for EU citizens resident in Germany.
2. Flaggenzertifikat. €88 for eight years. It grants the right to fly the flag. It does not prove ownership. Apply through BSH’s website using your Elster-issued tax ID. Only for EU citizens resident in Germany.
3. International Boat Certificate (IBS). €35 for two years. It does not grant the right to fly the flag. It Proves ownership. Issued by the sailing association DSV — the German equivalent of Russia’s sailing federation — the motorboating association DMYV and the motoring club ADAC. DSV and ADAC accept online applications. Available to everyone resident in Germany.
I chose ADAC for its convenient website and skipper’s app. The form asks for the boat’s details and dimensions, engine and radio serial numbers, MMSI and call sign. A week later, the certificate arrives by post.
With an MMSI and registration, I designed a stamp on a whim and had it made for €15. My logbook looks more official now.
#documents #germany
First, a call sign and MMSI. Go to Germany’s Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur. Download the form, fill it in and post it. A week later, the reply contains your Ship Station Licence. Annual MMSI administration bills follow, up to €5 a year. Issue cost €59, though the invoice arrived only six months later, in June.
Next, registration. Three options:
1. Entry in the ship register. Expensive, but permanent. It grants the right to fly the flag and proves ownership. Apply through BSH’s website using your Elster-issued tax ID. Only for EU citizens resident in Germany.
2. Flaggenzertifikat. €88 for eight years. It grants the right to fly the flag. It does not prove ownership. Apply through BSH’s website using your Elster-issued tax ID. Only for EU citizens resident in Germany.
3. International Boat Certificate (IBS). €35 for two years. It does not grant the right to fly the flag. It Proves ownership. Issued by the sailing association DSV — the German equivalent of Russia’s sailing federation — the motorboating association DMYV and the motoring club ADAC. DSV and ADAC accept online applications. Available to everyone resident in Germany.
I chose ADAC for its convenient website and skipper’s app. The form asks for the boat’s details and dimensions, engine and radio serial numbers, MMSI and call sign. A week later, the certificate arrives by post.
With an MMSI and registration, I designed a stamp on a whim and had it made for €15. My logbook looks more official now.
#documents #germany
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