emmalina
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15 years ago my SSR came in a nice laminated document. 10 Years ago it came without the lamination. Just renewed I know have to download it print it and laminate it myself. So this is progress !!!
Yes.15 years ago my SSR came in a nice laminated document. 10 Years ago it came without the lamination. Just renewed I know have to download it print it and laminate it myself. So this is progress !!!
It would be a shame if one of the copies had a typo - eg in the overall length fieldI don't have a colour printer so had to take my Part 1 document off to be printed at Ryman, then laminate at home. However, the advantage is that you can have more than one 'official' laminated document.
I can just imagine going around the Med having to get marinas etc. log in to a digital database to check your length! Chaos. You need paper.Of course it is progress. Paper is pointless for this type of registration. The objective has been met, the registration is complete on a digital database. Would you prefer quill, ink and scratching an entry on a ledger (-;
... You need paper.
You may not need paper but the offices you enter will ask for paper rather than a link to a digital resource.No I don't need a paper Part 1 registration certificate. My boat is Part 1 registered and last year I received the email certificate when renewed. If I want a paper copy I will print in. I don't receive any of my insurance documents by paper, nor my boarding cards, nor my share certificates or divided payment certificates, I don't have a paper tax return, payslip et cetera.
Sure, if there is a need for paper, I will print a document.
Or even easier as has happened more than once recently in the Canaries needing insurance docs & not having them printed out yet, just email them as you're sitting in the office.No I don't need a paper Part 1 registration certificate. My boat is Part 1 registered and last year I received the email certificate when renewed. If I want a paper copy I will print in. I don't receive any of my insurance documents by paper, nor my boarding cards, nor my share certificates or divided payment certificates, I don't have a paper tax return, payslip et cetera.
Sure, if there is a need for paper, I will print a document.
You may not need paper but the offices you enter will ask for paper rather than a link to a digital resource.
Not so from experience out in the not backward real world, they're happy with an emailed doc.You may not need paper but the offices you enter will ask for paper rather than a link to a digital resource.
Or even easier as has happened more than once recently in the Canaries needing insurance docs & not having them printed out yet, just email them as you're sitting in the office.
You are allowed both. But digital is becoming day to day normal.Every Med marina I have been in has asked for paper documents. Every port police or coastguard when boarding has asked for paper. I must be attracting the wrong sort of person.
Where I have been able to email is where I am intending to stay for a few months or a winter.
Still don't get asked for more than a passport in rare visits by the PM. They don't come aboard either.Part 1 details are not on the side of the boat. Nor usually is the length (though it is on mine, in feet).
I have always found that southern European countries love bits of paper.