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Berthing Pains

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Ready for inspection Tonnage Computation Sale deed Builders Certificate Allotment of Name, official number, call sign and MMSI Declaration of Ownership - Form 3 Passport copy Carving & Marking Note Watchkeeping certificate Drawings of the vessel Particulars of ship Certificate of Survey Certificate of class Owner undertaking to maintain class Owner undertaking of application as a commercial vessel Details of Life-saving, fire fighting, navigation & communication equipment Incline Test  Stability booklet That's the list of documents required to register a sailboat for commercial purposes, with the Director General of Shipping in India! We've spent a nerve-racking two weeks in the throes of the final registration process ensuring that Antara has all the mandated equipment, marked with her name, port of registry and official number. And this afternoon, finally, we have sign off on documents that assure us that our boat will be registered and