|
Sail-World.com : UK's Free Online Boat Registration - a Good Idea?
UK's Free Online Boat Registration - a Good Idea?
|
A new online boat registration service that could turn out to be a model for the rest of the world has just been launched in the UK The registration service allows owners to register their vessel for free, track their stolen property and assist in its recovery. It was recently launched by Boat Register.
The new service (available at www.boatregister.eu) enables boat owners to register the ownership of their boat, providing confirmation of the registered keeper. It also provides a tagging system to deter theft and improve traceability of a stolen boat or equipment on everything from a small dinghy to a large motor or sailing yacht.
According to Boat Register, the total number of tenders stolen between 2006 and 2007 has doubled, and outboard thefts have increased from 170 to 278 since 2005. RIBs and PWCs are said to be the most vulnerable targets for thieves.
'Boat Register provides real benefits in establishing the identity and ownership of boats,' says David Wright at the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency. 'This will help protect all boaters against fraud and theft and will assist in the recovery of stolen property.'
To enhance security, owners can also choose to purchase electronic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to prove ownership of their boat and prevent its identity being changed. Boat Register can also provide the mTrack GSM/RF wireless tracker, a self-contained tracking device ideal for RIBs, sailing dinghies and sports boats; SelectaDNA, a marking fluid that contains a unique synthetic DNA, microdots and a UV dye which can mark valuable items and engine components; and Window-etching to make one's boat less attractive to thieves.
by IBINews.com
Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall
http://www.powerboat-world.com/index.cfm?nid=43246
4:42 AM Fri 4 Apr 2008 GMT
Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.
Click for further information on
Yachting News
Related News Stories:
MORE STORIES ...
|
|
|
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.
Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.
Please do not contact
PowerBoat-World.com
as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.
Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com.
Contact us
.
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873 fax: +61 2 8076 0459
or complete our
feedback form
Contact us
.
View our Privacy Policy.
[ Go Home]
[ Banner Advertising Specification]
[Bot Archive ]
Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples
|
CLD
| | |
