Boat Safety Certificate

[fishfoxey]

what's the ball park cost of a BSC  on the broads and who do people recommend in the Brundall area .

thanks in advance 

[Jbx5]

Just paid £137 inc vat for ours as just received a slightly delayed invoice from Nov  last year from Banks Boats 

John

[WherryNice]

Had mine done by Alan May a couple of weeks ago, cost £150, was on a Hampton Safari.

Very impressed with Alan, all straightforward with none of the 'Norfolk' timescales.......

[ranworthbreeze]

22 minutes ago, WherryNice said:

Had mine done by Alan May a couple of weeks ago, cost £150, was on a Hampton Safari.

Very impressed with Alan, all straightforward with none of the 'Norfolk' timescales.......

We have also used Alan May for our last two inspections on Ranworth Breeze.

  

[Ray]

Used Tim Waters for the 2nd time in January, very helpful and only £130

[Smoggy]

Cost often depends on boat configuration ie. single/twin engine, gas fitted, different setup will take different amounts of time, distance also comes into it.

[CambridgeCabby]

Always used Alan May , excellent service , on the date agreed and very efficient 

[addicted]

20 hours ago, Ray said:

Used Tim Waters for the 2nd time in January, very helpful and only £130

We've always used Tim  Waters as well but have been advised he's retiring and taking no more bookings other than what he already has in hand.

 

Carole

20 hours ago, Ray said:

Used Tim Waters for the 2nd time in January, very helpful and only £130

 

[Smoggy]

I usually get a guy from st.ives to come and do mine as he's done all the previous ones and has photos of all the hidden hose markings, he normally charges me £160 including the extra for travelling (180 mile round trip), I think I'm the only one he'll travel that far for.

He used to do mine when I was local to him which is the only reason he still does it.

[PaulN]

We used Tim Waters last year as he has issued the previous certificates for our boat, very thorough and friendly. He lives at Potter Heigham so not far to come to our boat at Horning.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

9 hours ago, PaulN said:

We used Tim Waters last year as he has issued the previous certificates for our boat, very thorough and friendly. He lives at Potter Heigham so not far to come to our boat at Horning.

As Carole said above, Tim has retired Paul.

[MargeandParge]

Hi All

Tony Urwin at Banks Boats, Wayford Bridge. Is very good and reasonably priced.

Regards

Marge and Parge

P.S sorry can't do all the Linky bits but he is easy to find.

[StillCruising]

Another vote for Tony Urwin from me 🙂

[gancanny]

contact details for tony,  07760776367

   office,  01692 582457

[Lulu]

Just had ours done this morning by Tim Waters.  He has confirmed he has a couple more to do next week then retiring from doing BSS work 
 

[Ray]

He'll be missed, a good, helpful and fair examiner and a nice guy too 👍

[89sapphire]

Would recommend Alan May. Helpful and keen to explain things during the inspection process. Communicates promptly and responds to enquiries. 

[Bikertov]

On 24/03/2022 at 09:44, Smoggy said:

I usually get a guy from st.ives to come and do mine as he's done all the previous ones and has photos of all the hidden hose markings, he normally charges me £160 including the extra for travelling (180 mile round trip), I think I'm the only one he'll travel that far for.

He used to do mine when I was local to him which is the only reason he still does it.

Hi Smoggy - would you be able to pass his details on to me ?

I'm looking to get the boat safety certificate redone straight after the survey of the boat I'm buying, to make sure there is nothing problematic. There is only a year left on the existing one, so I might as well do it as belt-and-braces to the survey, in case I need a bargaining tool on the purchase price

Whilst the surveyor I am using a a good marine engineer, he is not a BSS examiner.

[Smoggy]

Dan Bullen on 07919 804412

Tell him Dave from snowbird at Norwich give you his number.

He is very common sense rather than a stickler for rules and will try and sort things before issuing a fail.

 

[Bikertov]

Thanks for that Smoggy.

I spoke to Dan, and he basically said don't bother renewing the boat safety certificate this early, but run it until just before it's renewal date next year.

He said you can renew up to 2 months before expiry, and add that to the next renewal date. With the survey being done (albeit not by an surveyor who is Gas Safe), that should cover most things that would put me off completing the purchase.

[Tobster]

Another very good BSS examiner is Will Kirby, and I believe he is in the Brundall area.