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After a couple of relaxing days by Honeymoon Harbour, we continued south to one of Bahamas’ many private islands, where we anchored. The island, Cat Cay, is a private club, but transients are welcome to visit the marina and the area around the m...

Since we left home and began our journey as cruisers, we’ve generally always been in a bit of a hurry. It seems like we’re always going somewhere, where we should have been the day before. If we stay in one place for several days, it’s norma...

There are millions of boats for sale across the world at any moment in time. In the UK for example, it is estimated that there are currently between 100,000 and 200,000 boats for sale, and the picture is the same in most boating regions. In such a...

Recent confirmed sightings of the critically endangered Sturgeon Whales near the Isles of Scilly. Marine conservation specialists are extremely worried that these Whales (also know as Beluga Whales) have travelled so far south into warmer ...

Before we got a hole in the boat, our plans were to sail from Miami to Florida Keys and from there to Cuba, where we planned to be February 1st the latest. From Cuba we would sail to Turks and Caicos south of the Bahamas and then cruise through th...

Malaysia Celebrations

Without a doubt the most common question that gets asked of the liveaboard canal-boater is, "Is it cold in winter?" – So much so that it is a standing joke on the “Cut”. (Hint – solid fuel burning stoves in tiny living spaces can r...

Malaysia Grow Boating Conference

We are now finally back in the water, but almost two weeks later than expected. The delay was due to a case, we've been involved in, which I will describe at a later time, but we do enjoy having the boat back in the water after 2½ months on the h...

With the British pound is on a seven year high against the Euro which could remain for the next few months and is excellent news for boat buyers. As the Euro continues to slide British pound, if you are thinking of buying a boat in the Euro zone c...

There are some really great boats in Aprils auction with super keen reserves, so remember its free to bid and you'll be notified (choose to be notified by email or text) as soon as the reserve is reached.

Florence Arthaud French solo sailor and winner of the 1990 Route du Rhum on her boat Pierre 1er dies in tragic helicopter accident in Argentina. Two helicopters collided during take off when filming of the survival celebrity reality TV show "Dropp...

Another week at the boatyard… Argh!!! Just as we thought, we were ready to be launched, nothing seems to be going our way. First our new foghorn broke, just as the mast was ready to be put back on the boat, so we had to wait and get the foghorn...

I don't know if this is the case in other boat yards, but where we are, the main part of the conversations is about when you hope to be back in the water. The cruiser next to us says that he’s been saying next week since August, but maybe he’s...

The Boatshed Plymouth area covers the River Yealm in the east to the Tamar River Estuary in the west including Torpoint, Saltash, up to Bere Alston and Calstock.

Last week the Canal and River Trust announced that they now plan to expand a recent pilot strategy, to all boaters without a home mooring. On 13th February they published their new approach on how they will respond to boats without a home mooring ...

Before New Years, when we got the boat on land, we couldn’t wait to get the boat back in the water again. The other cruisers on the yard had been there for several months, but to us it seemed completely unlikely that we would stay on the yard lo...

As part of our 2015 initiative to expand the Boatshed Boat Sales Network across our international territories, we shall be recruiting sales personnel to promote, market and sell Boatshed businesses and Boatshed business products, who shall work al...

With the Pound currently reaching "Interbank " rates of around 1.35 Euros, now is a great time for UK buyers to consider buying their next boat in Spain.