British cruisers abroad are feeling the effects of a ruling that requires UK sailors who bought and kept their yachts in the European Union (EU) before Brexit to pay value-added tax (VAT) for a second time if they bring their boats back to the UK.
It follows the government’s rejection of a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) proposal to allow recreational boat owners, established in the UK, who lawfully purchased and kept their boat in the EU when the UK was an
