COMPLIANCE WITH UAE YACHT CODE

Yacht industry is very innovative and future oriented. Many existing conventions are applied to regulate the existing industry. UAE national Transport authority has come up with a similar code (i.e. for yacht above 24 meters in length & not intended for commercial use).

The UAE yacht regulations are adpplicable for new & existing private yachts of all types with length greater than 24m.  (Type of hull – Mono hull/Catamarans, Built-in material – Steel/Aluminium/Wood/Co-mposites, Propulsion type – Motor/Sail/Pods/Waterjet).

The compliance to UAE yacht regulations for new private yachts can be taken care in the design stage itself. For existing private yatchs, these regulations will become applicable at the time of renewal. Recently we  developed an approach to verify the compliance of the existing private yachts against the UAE yacht regulations & also executed projects successfully for the yacht owners, thereby helping them for timely renewal of certificates for their yachts.

It has been seen that most of the existing  private yachts don’t have the mandatory documentation on board which includes main design drawings, Stability booklets and various manuals.

The compliance with the UAE code starts with the verification of the existing documents. A survey is undertaken  by an experienced team of Naval architects & Engineers and shortfall in way of documentation is identified. Based on the gap study,   various design drawing/document packages  as required by the UAE yacht regulations are prepared and required class approval are taken.

With our experience of UAE yacth compliance in place, we can say with certainty that the compliance can be achieved in a timely manner if planned properly.