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Lots of visiting boats are packed into the harbour to attend this years busy event.
The Boatshed ketch and crew are in attendance this year, even Poppet and Gimble got involved with the Dog-agility.
Many of the family favourites – su...

Guernsey is fantastically set up to welcome visiting yachtsmen and recently two local ladies, are selling breakfast baguettes, croissants and pan au chocolate on the outer pontoons, so you get breakfast delivered to you. This has all been made pos...

Many narrowboaters who usually drift around the southern Grand Union canal will be cruising towards Northampton next week in anticipation of this year’s Blisworth Canal Festival, (9th – 10th August.) 25,000 visitors turned up to last y...

August's boat Auction has some cracking boats with attractive reserves. Don't forget that if you're the winning bidder and you have reached the reserve, the next stage is a 10% deposit which secures your boat for a set time to perform your checks...

The America's Cup World Series drew a mixed response from a huge crowd after last weekend at Southsea, an exciting event, but with only 1 hour of proper racing, for some the value for money element may be hard to see after spending £100 on a seat...

Sunday's racing at the America's Cup event in Portsmouth has been cancelled due to bad weather.
Forecast strong winds forced the regatta director to first delay the start and then abandon the two races.
This means Ben Ainslie and his Land ...

Alderney week......You just have to visit !

From time to time, opportunities present themselves that are just too good to miss...it’s just about deciding to grab them. We are delighted to offer for sale 2 Boatshed businesses; Chichester on the English south coast and Guernsey in the Chann...

The Boatshed Business Development Team have had a busy first half of the year with new business owner brokers joining the group in Sud Med, Riviera, Penang, Lancashire, Isle of Wight, Brighton, Plymouth and North Wales and it doesn't stop there! ...

Boatshed Portsmouth were privileged to be invited to the UK launch of endurance swimmer Anna Wardley's next swim challenge. The Balearic Swim Challenge, will see her swim more than 130 miles of the Mediterranean sea her biggest challenge yet. The ...

From time to time, an opportunity presents itself that is too good to miss...its just about deciding to grab it. We are delighted to offer for sale Boatshed Chichester on the south coast; so let me explain further. The city itself is renowned for ...

It was a blustery, sunny day giving perfect weather for The "Round the Island Race 2015". 1584 boats racing around the Isle of Wight, approximately 60 miles. Neap tides were 3 days prior to the start of the race, with high water at Cowes being aro...

Gosport, the home of ocean racing, the birth place of camper & Nicholson's where Velsheda was built, at 10.00 the festival was officially opened by Alex Thomson, Gosport's very own round the World Solo Skipper. The weather started off grey and...

The first time I came across BoatBid boat auction website I was really unsure about making a bid. There were a couple of boats I was really interested in and wanted to be happy before I dived right in. I'd got lots of questions like: Can I have a ...

Liverpool city which was cultural city of the world in 2008 is hosting The International Mersey River Festival and North Boat Show this weekend, 5th-7th June 2015. Team Boatshed are exhibiting and welcome you to join them for a glass of fizz@f...

Boatshed Newsletter Summer 2015 - we have news and articles including - WIN a PADDLEBOARD Competition - How does Boatshed sell boats twice as fast? - News from America - The Truth about the used boat market - Life on a cana...

Many of the conditions and trends in the international used boat market that I reported upon in November 2014 continue and remain highly relevant to boat sales today. Overall, the market can be summarised as follow:

News from the US Pacific Northwest – Boatshed Seattle

Boatshed is delighted to announce its endorsement of the Maritime Training Academy's Diploma in Yacht Brokerage, the leading distance learning course to train and prepare new brokers for the used boat industry. Boatshed is working with the MTA to...

The English Court of Appeal has for the first time, recently established an absolute rule that an assured who tells a lie or relies upon false evidence to support an otherwise valid insurance claim, will forfeit the claim entirely. In other words...