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Blue Ensign Ltd has just completed a project to register two racing yachts owned by the Russian TP52 racing team, called Valars III and Valars IV. Both yachts, normally based in the south of France, were re-classified as commercial yachts to avoid leaving the EU every 18 months, which was inconvenient and expensive. As a special case, both yachts were inspected and allowed to use the ORC / ISAF safety standards as compliance with Cook Islands safety requirements, because of the controlled environment of regatta racing. Jonathan Leach of Blue Ensign Ltd tells SuperYachtTimes.com that the owners and managers are very pleased with their new flag. <img alt="" src="https://syt-store-production.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photo/129782/image/large-dec9d0935f91f4da497453ab10049731.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/129782">In other news Jonathan reports that the classic 33 metre Feadship <a href="#managed-by-application" data-legacy="true" data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/780">Santa Maria</a> is now also flying the Cook Islands Flag. Blue Ensign Ltd. and the Cook Islands have provided registration and classification as a commercial yacht. This has enabled the owners to recover a substantial amount of VAT / TVA, and avoid having to leave EU waters every 18 months. Blue Ensign Ltd +44 (0) 1329 221894 <a href="mailto:marinesurveyor@btinternet.com?subject=Blue%20Ensign%20on%20SuperYachtTimes.com">marinesurveyor@btinternet.com</a> <a href="http://www.blueensign.com">www.blueensign.com</a>

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Blue Ensign have been awarded the work of flagging and LY2 survey work on this 44 metre triple deck superyacht, due for completion in Cairo in November 2007.The hull has been built to Lloyds and the rest to RiNA classification as a charter yacht. The yacht has been flagged to <place w:st="on">Cook Islands</place> under the Cook Islands Yacht Squadron scheme and safety coded to LY2 standard. She will cruise the Mediterranean Sea in 2008.