Hi guys.

I believe there is a certificate you can get for your vessel that allows you to take it outside the 200Nm limit and, I guess, to overseas ports.

Does anyone know the name of the certificate and who to contact about it?

Cheers!

There is no law preventing going further than 200nm. If you want to go to a foreign jurisdiction you need to be a registered Australian vessel. You can go to Lord Howe or Norfolk Islands on state registration.

Most insurance companies have a limit of 200nm unless specifically cleared by the insurance company.

Charriot said...
what's happen if the boat is register, but not on Aust Ship Register
you can't go pass horizont to foreign country

What are you trying to say Charriot? A boat either has state registration and can't go to a foreign jurisdiction (inside another countries territorial seas) or it is Australian registered and can go to another country. Staying in international waters or Oz waters (the islands) doesn't need Australian registration, just state.

As far as I am aware you only need Australian registration if you are buying overseas and bringing a boat back here. I doubt whether those people paddling Kayaks to NZ are registered Australian ships. I could be wrong. If you are not worried about insurance I think you can go anywhere.

Thanks guys!

Pretty sure that is what I'm after - the Australian Ships Registry Certificate that stays with the yacht.
So a yacht can have it's state registration - but to be able go overseas, you need to have Australian registration also.

Cheers!

NowandZen said..
Thanks guys!

Pretty sure that is what I'm after - the Australian Ships Registry Certificate that stays with the yacht.
So a yacht can have it's state registration - but to be able go overseas, you need to have Australian registration also.

Cheers!

Yes and No. See both the post above yours by Bruski and the one below by MB.... It depends on why you are going outside the limit (which for all intents and purposes is an insurance limit).

If you don't intend to make landfall and clear customs in another country, in other words, you sail out there and back for giggles, than no (if you want to sail out there and back in order to qualify the passage for Yachtmaster, than it no longer counts either).

If you intend to visit another country, than that countries Customs and Immigration will want to see one.