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MCA Compliance Inspections

As Nominated Surveyors of the YDSA Certifying Authority we are authorised by the     Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to undertake Compliance Examinations for the Codes of Practice for Small Commercial Sailing Vessels, Motor Vessels and Work boats.   These Codes cover all UK Small commercial vessels of less than 24m load line length, and carrying 12 or less passengers.   A wide variety of vessels are coded including charter angling vessels, sailing school boats, charter boats and many other commercial applications. An increasing number of private boats are coded enabling their owners to charter them out and recover some or all of the costs of keeping their boats. The YDSA has been a Certifying Authority for these Codes since their inception, and is now one of the largest in terms of numbers of vessels on its register.