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UK Sailors: Voluntary Safety Information Scheme Replaced with RYASafeTrx

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News Intro

In July 2020 RYASafeTrx will replace CG66 as the free search and rescue database for UK sailors.

Last Update - March 11, 2020

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As reported by the Cruising Association (CA):

As the 2020 sailing season approaches, the Regulations and Technical Services committee (RATS) of the Cruising Association (CA) reminds cruising sailors that the voluntary safety information scheme known as CG66 (after the form that owners completed to register) ceases in July 2020. Now is the time to make sure you’ve registered with its replacement which is RYA SafeTrx.

RYASafeTrx aims to provide a similar Search and Rescue (SAR) database to the CG66 scheme with the added advantage of additional methods of adding data and of communication. The system is managed by the RYA but open to all boat users. It is not necessary to be a member of the RYA to use it.

Details of vessels, their communications and safety equipment and of emergency contacts are entered in one of two ways. The first is by using the RYA SafeTrx website which is at: https://safetrx.rya.org.uk. It is necessary to register in order to enter data.

The second way to enter data is by using the RYA SafeTrx App. This is available on Apple iPhones and iPads with iOS 8.0 or later and on Android phones with Android OS 4.2 and above. It is not available on Windows phones or Android tablets.

RATS advise that it is worth registering details of your vessel with RYA SafeTrx even if you plan to sail exclusively outside UK waters. This is because the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will assist local Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities with the details you have registered as appropriate. If an EPIRB or PLB is triggered, the MCA would be alerted in the UK to the beacon going off anywhere in the world and would be looking to see what value it could add to the local SAR authority.

Related Links: 

  • RYA SafeTrx
  • Cruising Association (CA)
  • Noonsite’s Information on the CA

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Update History

  • March 2020: Comment posted with change of date for suspending this scheme.

Date Last Edited

March 11, 2020 - 12:00 AM

Last Edited By

Sue Richards

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  • Sue Richards
    March 11, 2020 at 4:30 PM

    The scrapping of the CG66 Safety Identification Scheme - the name given to the MCA's free and voluntary scheme for registering identification and other details of pleasure craft and vessels - has been brought forward from July to the end of March 2020. It is recommended boat users sign up to the alternative SafeTrx registration scheme, administered in the UK by the RYA and available to all boat users.

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