Summer is already here, and this may well be your last chance to secure that all of your boating documents are in order before setting sail. If that happens to be your case, this article is for you, as we will be talking about the NVDC renewal process and how to take care of it…
Do you know you need national vessel documentation center forms, but you aren’t sure which ones? Did you get the feeling, in the back of your head, that you should get some information from a National Vessel Documentation Center, yet you aren’t exactly sure what? This is more common than you might realize. Many of…
As a boat owner, you are probably familiar with all the requirements you have to comply with before navigating your vessel. The US Coast Guard is the institution that administers all of the needed documentation with the help of the National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC). Our goal, at the US Vessel Documentation Center (UVDC), is…
If you are the owner of a boat and have a documentation number from the Coast Guard, then you must know the procedure for renewing your NVDC. In the United States, it is the responsibility of the National Vessel Documentation Center to issue and manage documentation numbers for boats, and they are now in the…
Spending time aboard a recreational vessel with family and friends can be super fun, but it can also be potentially dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing and are not properly prepared for any unforeseen circumstances. When planning a trip, no matter how short, it is always good practice to put together a…
If you are lucky enough to own a watercraft within the United States, you must be aware by now that the US Coast Guard (USCG), in particular the Department of National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC), imposes standards and regulations that sometimes are hard to comply to – and in some cases even to understand-. For…