Living and sailing in Spain Legally....
Does anyone have any experience with owning a boat and living on it in Spain?
We have been living in Spain now for a few months and the law states that after 183 days in a calendar year you are considered resident for tax purposes. This means that our UK flagged boat would have to be re-flagged as Spanish after paying the 12% tax on the value of the boat and an exam would have to be taken for a 10 meter boat, the course will be in Spanish. If you don’t speak Spanish then what would you do? The ICC is not accepted for Spanish flagged boats. We sailed our boat from the south of France and have been sailing for about 4 years now with many thousands of miles under our belt and consider ourselves to be quite competent although not experts. Can a Day Skipper qualification be converted to a Spanish qualification? We have heard that only the Yatchmaster qualification can be converted. Any ideas anyone?
Many thanks
delandh
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