1. The applicant for the registration under czech flag sends an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with completed „Application for registration“.
  2. With the applicant for registrationis is discussed a range of services and method of paying fees to the Maritime Authority and Telecomunication Office.
  3. The applicant is asked to send a name of the yacht, yacht type (Sunseeker 80) and type of VHF installed on the yacht. In the area of navigation II or I, the yacht must be equiopped with EPIRB and type of it must be also send to Yacht Service.
  4. Then the name of the yacht is verified by telephone in Maritime Office, which also allocates future registration number of the yacht.
  5. Then the applicant receive from Yacht Service request to fill the power of attorney, 2x affidavit and a detailed list of documents required for registration.
  6. To Telecomunication Office Yacht Service will send request for VHF Call sign and MMSI.
  7. The applicant will receive a request for the survey of the yacht by Yacht Service.
  8. After performing technical inspections and issue a "Certificate of Survey" applicant is invited to deliver all documents for the registration.
  9. With Maritime Office is negotiated by the registration deadline.

  1. The document certifying ownership of the yacht (Purchase Agreement + Proof of payment of the purchase price) Possible - "Bill of Sale"
  2. For companies certified extract from the Commercial Register
  3. Extract from criminal records - board members – in case the boat is registered by the company
    Extract from the criminal records – the boat is registered by the natural person
  4. Proof of deletion from the actual Maritime Register of another state - in case the deletion is not in English, the official translation into Czech – can be arranged by Yacht Service
  5. Affidavit of lien and retention law – prepared by Yacht Service
  6. Survey report with ares of sailing and maximum number of people on the board – Yacht Service
  7. Doklad o technické způsobilosti námořní jachty + „Osvědčení námořní jachty o technické způsobilosti“.
  8. Declaration of Conformity EU
  9. Builder´s Certificate
  10. The documents of issued Call sign and MMSI - allocates Czech Telecommunication Office – will be fixed by Yacht Service
  11. Confirmation of administrative fee payment - to 12 m hull length 10 thousand CZK, over 12 m length of the hull 15 thousand CZK – will pay Yacht Service
  12. Completed application with stamp 1 000,- CZK – will buy Yacht Service

Fee for the registration paid to the Maritime Office – Certificate of Registry

length of hull under and 12m 380,- EUR
length of hull over 12m up till 24m 560,- EUR
Application fee paid to Maritime Office 40,- EUR
Fee for Call sign and MMSI (Czech Telecommunication Office) 120,- EUR
Survey of the yacht
(Yacht Services)
1m hull length of the new yacht 25,- EUR
1m hull length ,the rest 35,- EUR
Provision Yacht Services for registration 150,- EUR
Fees for translation into Czech – usually about 150,-EUR for a certified translation

 

Annuals fees

For Call sign and MMSI 60,- EUR
Maritime Office:  
length of hull under and 12 m sailing area I a II 150,- EUR
  sailing area III a IV 120,- EUR
length of hull over 12m up till 24m sailing area I a II 250,- EUR
  sailing area III a IV 190,- EUR

 

Registration papers are valid 5 years, then must be a new survey.

Fee paid to the Maritime Office 50,- EUR

Sailing Areas

  1. unlimited
  2. up till 200 miles from the coast
  3. up till 20 miles from the coast
  4. up till 3 miles from the coast – here you do not need VHF

(Pursuant to Decree č.315 / 2000 Coll., as amended)

 

The Ministry of Transport and Communications hereby lays down the following pursuant to Section 85 para 1 of Act No. 61/2000 Coll. on maritime navigation (henceforth the "Act") executing section 13 para 3 and Section 49 para 5 of the Act:

 

Section 1 - Subject of the regulation:

This Decree stipulates the following:

  1. the required technical and rescue equipment of an sea yacht for sea navigation,
  2. the specification of the permitted sailing areas for a sea yacht including the specification of a minimum distance that the sea yacht must keep from the mainland or shore,
  3. the particulars regarding the method of demonstrating experience, the board of examiners and the examination procedures,
  4. the applicant qualification requirements,
  5. the types, samples, validity and the scope of authorisation of certificates of competence to operate sea yachts and conditions for their issue,
  6. the validity of certificates of competence issued in the past.

 

PART ONE
PERMITTED SAILING AREAS FOR SEA YACHTS AND THE REQUIRED TECHNICAL AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT FOR ASEA YACHT

CHAPTER I
SPECIFICATION OF PERMITTED SAILING AREAS FOR SEA YACHTS

 

Section 2

The following permitted sailing areas (henceforth the "sailing areas") are being specified for sea yachts:

  1. sailing area I represents unlimited yacht's operation,
  2. sailing area II represents limited yacht's operation not exceeding 200 nautical miles from the mainland or shore coastline stipulated at medium tide (henceforth the "coastline").
  3. sailing area III represents limited yacht's operation not exceeding 20 nautical miles from the coastline,
  4. sailing area IV represents limited yacht's operation not exceeding 3 nautical miles from the coastline,
  5. sailing area V represents limited yacht's operation not exceeding 0.75 nautical miles from the coastline.

 

CHAPTER II
REQUIRED TECHNICAL AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT FOR YACHTS OPERATING AT SEA

 

Section 3 - Required technical equipment

  1. The required technical equipment for yachts operating at sea includes:
    1. signalling equipment,
    2. fire fighting equipment,
    3. navigation equipment,
    4. radio equipment,
    5. deck equipment.
  2. The technical equipment under para 1 must be in a condition suitable for the specified use and must comply with the international agreements the Czech Republic is party to and published in the Collection of Laws, (henceforth the "international agreements the Czech Republic is party to"). 1

1 For example the International Convention for safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, published under No. 52/1995 Coll., the Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972, published under No. 263/1995 Coll.

 

Section 4 - Signallig equipment

The yacht must be equipped with

  1. navigation lights,
  2. day-light signs,
  3. sound signalling equipment,
  4. pyrotechnical equipment indicating the expiration date and consisting of a minimum of 6 red flares and one orange-coloured smoking signal for sailing areas I and II; and a minimum of 3 red flares for sailing areas III, IV and V,
  5. a waterproof electrical torch with a capacity to signal the Morse code, a spare bulb and a set of spare batteries in a waterproof package,
  6. a flash light appropriate for use during manoeuvring and rescue actions,
  7. a radar reflector.

 

Section 5 - Fire equipment

  1. The yacht must be equipped with
    1. a portable fire extinguisher ready for action and mounted in suitable holders; its filling weight must be at least 2 kg but not exceeding 6 kg,
    2. a fire bucket with a volume of 5 - 10 litres with an attached rope allowing for dipping into the sea,
    3. a fire axe.
  2. A yacht not equipped with a built-in engine with a total length in excess of 12 metres must carry two portable fire extinguishers meeting the requirements specified under para 1 letter a).
  3. A yacht equipped with a built-in engine must carry additional portable fire extinguishers with filling weight stipulated in Attachment No. 1.
  4. A yacht with a total length in excess of 12 metres must carry two fire buckets meeting the requirements specified under para 1 letter b).

 

Section 6 - Navigation equipment

  1. The yacht must be equipped with
    1. a lighted magnetic compass including the compass deflection table and located in a place well visible from the steersman's place,
    2. a telescope,
    3. sea charts and publications relevant to the yacht's sailing area and including all valid amendments.
  2. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing areas I or II must carry:
    1. an optical direction-finder or a manual compass,
    2. a chronometer or an exact clock,
    3. astronavigation tables for determining the yacht's geographic location,
    4. a stop-watch,
    5. a speedometer,
    6. a sextant,
    7. an aneroid,
    8. aids for working with chart.
  3. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing area III must carry an optical direction-finder or a manual compass.

 

Section 7 - Radio equipment

  1. The yacht must be equipped with a radio-telephone allowing for high-frequency-wave connection.
  2. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing areas I or II must carry a radio receiver capable of receiving information on sailing safety and an emergency radio-buoy indicating the yacht's position in the world-wide nautical emergency and security system (COSPAS-SARSAT, GMDSS).
  3. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing area III must carry a radio receiver capable of receiving information on sailing safety.

 

Section 8 - Board equipment

  1. The yacht must be equipped with
    1. an anchor armature,
    2. two poles with crooks,
    3. two mooring ropes,
    4. fixed ropes fastened to the hull in such a manner that they can be quickly released by hand, knife or scissors,
    5. two buffers, one on each side of the yacht,
    6. a hand water pump,
    7. a towing hawser with a minimum length equalling a double of the yacht's length,
    8. a throwing rope,
    9. a security rope on both sides of the yacht,
    10. a first aid medical kit in a waterproof package,
    11. spare parts for repairs,
    12. a set of basic tools,
    13. containers for garbage sorting.
  2. The garbage disposal guide for yachts at sea must be displayed in a well-accessible place on the yacht. S specimen guide is included in Attachment 2.

 

Section 9 - Required rescue equipment

  1. The yacht must be equipped with
    1. 2 life-buyos or life-belts carrying the name of the yacht and its registry port, located on both sides of the yacht and secured in an easily accessible and easily undoable manner,
    2. life-vests in a number commensurate with the number of persons onboard the yacht at sea.
  2. One life-buoy or life-belt must be affixed to a floating lifeline with a minimum length of 20 metres. The second life-buoy or life-belt must be equipped with a self-igniting light or a combined light & smoke buoy.
  3. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing area I or II must carry a life raft capable of carrying the number of persons specified in its registry sheet.
  4. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing areas III or IV must carry a life boat with uplift chambers, capable of carrying the number of persons specified in the registry sheet even when fully flooded with water.
  5. A yacht with the approved seaworthiness for sailing areas I, II, III and IV must carry life-belts with rope. The number of life-belts for sailing areas I, II or III must be commensurate with one half of the persons on board the yacht at sea.
  6. The required rescue equipment must be in a condition suitable for the specified use and must comply with international agreements the Czech Republic is party to.

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