quel est l'enregistrement français des bateaux ?

F.....g Google !

This is not the best way to translate !

In France, yacht are registered by customs. But I don't think this is the best way to proceed, as they are not allowed (hopefully) to give this kind of details.

You better should call the police in this case, but if it is a minor hit, you even should give up, as it will be a long and boring process.

If you give more détails of what's happened, may be you could get more advice on this web site

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Hello and thank you for the responses. And you are welcome for the entertainment courtesy of Google translation.

I hope the admin does not detest English as much as some French certainly do. ;-)

The French boat simply had a minor collision against my friend's while docking, it is not too serious but we were thinking we would send the bill for repair to them.

In the US these details are certainly public; the Coast Guard even has them on the internet. By no means all the details, but a contact address.

What is the organization in France responsible for boat registrations? Perhaps we can contact them directly and see what they say.

in french... but on the web

www.mer.gouv.fr[...]dex.htm

you can get all adresses of "affaires maritimes".

Good luck !