Heather went on line and filled out the application for endorsing my sailing licence, and also filled out the application for registering the yacht under the Luxembourg flag.
I had asked Sunbird to send us the bill-of-sale, Insurance certificate, certificate-of-compliance and various other documents for the certification.
The VAT was already paid in the UK, and we enquired if we could pay it in Luxembourg and retrieve it from the UK. Difference being 5% of the yacht value. Unfortunately Luxembourg are very strict with VAT inasmuch as the customs officials must see the yacht physically. Later discussion with the marine minister showed that some people trucked their yachts to the Luxembourg border to pay the VAT. This would be a bit difficult for us so we settled with the UK tax.
On the morning of the 23rd October 2012 at 09.54 I reported to the Ministry of Economy and Exterior Commerce to see the Government Commissioner for Maritime Affairs, at 19-21 Boulevard Royal. I was directed to the sixth floor where I spoke to Robert Biwer (the commisioner himself), a most pleasant person who spoke clear English. He complimented me on the thoroughness of the paperwork (thanks Heather !) which I presented to him, and duly filled out our details into the register system.
So now I have an endorsement for my RYA Day Skipper and Watchkeeper licence. This together with the yacht registration, which we have not yet received, allows us to sail under the Red Lion. We now have to find out what exactly the maritime version of the Red Lion looks like, and where we can buy it. By the way the tax for registering was 291.80 Euro. This will have to be paid yearly similar to the car road tax.
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