To be eligible to register on the SSR your boat must be under 24 metres and privately owned. You must either be a British citizen; a non-UK citizen exercising your EU right of freedom of movement or worker’s right for establishment; British Dependant Territories citizens; British Overseas citizens; British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1981; British Nationals (overseas) under Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 or Commonwealth citizens not falling within this paragraph. You must also be ordinarily resident in the UK (which means living in the UK for periods which add up to 185 days or more in a 12 month period