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At the yard, where we are, there’s a young girl who’s been sailing with her family for many years. One day, Henrik asked her, if she wanted to continue sailing, when she grew up, but she didn’t think so: “Many people think cruising is a v...

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Welcome to Boatsheds February Bulletin, our round-up of Boatshed activity over the last month.

Great sailors keep on sailing...and racing in the case of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who has just been named ‘Yachtsman of the Year 2014’ for the fourth time!

Boatshed’s annual conference took place in January at Haslar Marina in Gosport. The conference was held over 2 days with Boatshed Brokers attending from all over the UK, Europe and Asia.

Since we got the boat on the hard, we've been nervous about the outcome of the insurance. First, the surveyor from the other boat’s insurance company gave us a reason to doubt whether or not we were to blame, since we hadn't seen the power boat ...

Whether you travel the canals by boat, bicycle or simply enjoy a little towpath walking there are several impressive sights to see around the UK canal network.

The first Saturday,after we had been hauled out, we were invited for a happy hour with the other boat owners at the boat yard. After a short presentation of each other’s problems, one of the boat owners said to us that he believed that anything ...

Our transmission that failed half an hour before we were hit by a powerboat, has been on Henrik’s mind since we came ashore. After hours of searching the Internet, it turned out that we of course have one of the serial numbers of which the shaft...

Sir Robin has won the Yachtsman of the Year award for the fourth time. At 75 the sailing Legend and Grey Power his Open 60 was third in the Route Du Rhum Race from St Malo to Guadaloupe.

Sue and I are now in Antigua (at Jolly Harbor anchored - after first going into Falmouth Harbor trying to anchor - dragging and deciding lets go further north for 2.4 hours to Jolly). We have been ashore to check into the country...

Just 24 hours left to make a bid, the auction finishes tomorrow Tuesday 13th Jan at 19.00 GMT.

We still have yet to know for sure what bay we will try for on arrival at Antigua. We show possibilities at either Falmouth Harbor, or will go outside Jolly Harbor on the West. Rain storms isolated to the West at this time. Keeping fingers crosse...

Two days after our collision with a powerboat, which resulted in a hole in the hull, we had Capibara hauled out of the water and put on the dry. We rented a car, since you can’t go
anywhere or do anything in USA without one, and we also star...

May be wet today... a disturbance arrives in the weather just as we all arrive in Antigua. Looks like the Garmin says we have 125 miles to go to Antigua. We are East of there in Atlantic in darkness, but we will see at least 1 sunrise and 1 sunse...

It is about 03.45 utc. We are lunging along well at better than five knots. Seas are from the stern generally and we have 65 percent cloud cover. All rain showers are visible way off and none have dusted us off. We have been making water with t...

Ed here, just coming off watch from 8 pm till after 2:30 am UTC ... just now. The last 8 miles right through middle of storm cells... Sue got to sleep extra as I sat in a rain gear that still soaked through, but its 78 degrees so OK. All is well....

We are not having good SSB right now on Angel Louise... Escaton is edge of range this 9 am Monday and no others heard. I - Ed - crashed to bed and slept till after 11 radio group. Will be back up listening at 8 pm UTC on Atlantic Cruising...

It's was still dark out, with the Moon almost totally full when I started this. When you look out the next two nights you will bathe in the sun’s full reflected brilliance off our moon! It is nice on the Ocean at night with the full moon. As I f...

After a very pleasant and successful Christmas Eve, Henrik was again ready to struggle with our very uncooperative engine. The staff on the boat yard where we were, had given him an old piece of rubber, so he could cut the seal for the heat exchan...