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This is where we publish our boat related stories and articles, which range from world circumnavigation to rescue missions, humour and much, much more. So make yourself a coffee and settle yourself down to a good read.

Island Harbour Marina entry
Island Harbour Marina entry
Friday, 16 October 2015

Island Harbour marina on the Isle of Wight is accessed through a lock. For a boat with a six foot draft access is from 3 hours either side of High water. Please do contact the Lock Control Tower when you are entering the Folly Reach just up river ...

Strictly Boatshed
Strictly Boatshed
Tuesday, 13 October 2015

My colleagues at Boatshed HQ (Click Here to checkout Boatshed.com – one of the largest international Yacht Brokerage groups in the world with 50+ branches worldwide) weren’t the least bit surprised when they saw the title of my latest...

Do people say nice things about yacht brokers?
Do people say nice things about yacht brokers?
Monday, 12 October 2015

This month we have been looking at ideas that surround review sites and generally getting reviews for our Boatshed businesses. If you consider the success of Trip Advisor for the hotel industry, why not extent this customer focussed review princi...

Dinghy Dilema - Choosing your next Inflatable dinghy
Dinghy Dilema - Choosing your next Inflatable dinghy
Saturday, 10 October 2015

What ever your next dinghy is, its always a compromise, but getting the balance right for practicality, cost and usability is really important. We look at various types of used dinghies.

Rib Day - Definitely!
Rib Day - Definitely!
Friday, 09 October 2015

Is it just me or is everyone else starting to pack away their shorts and flip flops and slip into something a little warmer? The summer seems to have been and gone in a blur and now everyone is talking about autumn but it certainly didn’t seem ...

SOLD: 2002 Grand Banks 52 - full asking price
SOLD: 2002 Grand Banks 52 - full asking price
Friday, 09 October 2015

We love at Boatshed.com helping Owners sell their boats and matching potential buyers to boats that suit and match their dreams. One of our latest sales was this 2002 Grand Banks 52 Europa, Lying in Italy, which sold for full asking price.

Yacht Brokers interesting experience  at the Canet boat show in France
Yacht Brokers interesting experience at the Canet boat show in France
Friday, 02 October 2015

October the first; official launch day of Boatshed SudMed and a dramatic start for Jill Roach. Beautiful blue skies, not too windy and several dozen stunning boats to view at the very 1st second hand multihull boat show taking place at Canet en Ro...

Floating Canal Market Returns to Birmingham
Floating Canal Market Returns to Birmingham
Monday, 28 September 2015

This weekend was my first visit to a canal traders market, and Birmingham’s event is reported to be Britain’s biggest floating market. The three day event, beginning on Friday 25th September, welcomed 24 trade boats to a stretch of towpath nea...

Gosport's youth sailing ambassadors with Gosport Marine Scene
Gosport's youth sailing ambassadors with Gosport Marine Scene
Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Gosport Marine Scene meets at Southampton Boat show to celebrate all things Gosport.

Signe Storr - finishes single handed Silverrudder Challenge 134 miles
Signe Storr - finishes single handed Silverrudder Challenge 134 miles
Monday, 21 September 2015

As you know I had quite a chaotic start. Just before the race started, I gybed and the sheet for the mainsail got caught around the GPS console and ripped it off. I was SO confused, sad and worried, when it happened, thinking that I had ruined som...

Silverrudder Challenge 2015 - Signe 10 miles from the finish line
Silverrudder Challenge 2015 - Signe 10 miles from the finish line
Saturday, 19 September 2015

Latest news from Boatshed re, Signe Storr sailing the Silverrudder Challenge, a single handed race, 134 miles, around the island of Fyn in Denmark. An accidental gybe 2 minutes before the race start took out her chart plotter/navigation stainless ...

Talk Like a Pirate Day
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Saturday, 19 September 2015

Avast me hearties! Didn't mean to hornswaggle ye ......but......It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day celebratin' public pirattitude around the world. Come and talk like a pirate on the Boatshed.com stand BO53 at the Southampton boat show.

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Jeanne Socrates joins the Guinness Book of World Records
Jeanne Socrates joins the Guinness Book of World Records
Friday, 18 September 2015

Boatshed.com join Commodore Yachting at the Southampton Boat show to celebrate and raise a glass with Jeanne Socrates as she enters the Guinness Book of World Records becoming the oldest woman to sail non stop, round the world.

Silverrudder Challenge 2015
Silverrudder Challenge 2015
Friday, 18 September 2015

The annual Silverrudder Race started this morning. The challenge is to navigate the 134 miles around the Island of Fyn in Denmark, single handed, under bridges, through narrow channels, against strong currents, avoiding unlit fishing gear at night...

Visit Boatshed at the Southampton Boat show 2015
Visit Boatshed at the Southampton Boat show 2015
Sunday, 13 September 2015

Europe’s largest festival of boating sails into Southampton and Boatshed.com are on their regular stand BO53 enjoying the fun. The Southampton Boat Show is now Europe’s largest outdoor festival of boating with over 2km of pontoons . Now in its...

Waterline Boats at Boats Afloat 2015!
Waterline Boats at Boats Afloat 2015!
Saturday, 12 September 2015

Waterline Boats will have two Helmsman Trawlers® on display at Boats Afloat!
A 2015 Helmsman Trawlers® 38 Pilothouse and a NEW Helmsman Trawlers® 31 Camano.

Happy 10th Birthday for Boatshed Poole & Lymington
Happy 10th Birthday for Boatshed Poole & Lymington
Friday, 11 September 2015

This week Boatshed Poole & Lymington had their last Summer get together with customers and Engineers. We also surprised Ian, with a cake to celebrate running Poole & Lymington for over 10 years. He was somewhat shocked.
Here's to the...

Continuous professional broker development for Boatshed Brighton, Cumbria & Riviera!
Continuous professional broker development for Boatshed Brighton, Cumbria & Riviera!
Wednesday, 09 September 2015

Three fun-filled days of professional Broker Boatshed Training at the Boatshed HQ in Gosport for Boatshed Brighton, Boatshed Cumbria and Boatshed Riviera .

Look Insurance and Boatshed join forces to announce new partnership program
Look Insurance and Boatshed join forces to announce new partnership program
Wednesday, 09 September 2015

Look insurance Services today announce it has entered into a strategic partnership with Boatshed. The partnership program will see Look insurance Services providing yacht insurance quotations for Boatshed UK clients and allows a special discount f...

Brixham and Brixham Marina
Brixham and Brixham Marina
Wednesday, 09 September 2015

The Boatshed crew were recently visiting Brixham and we pulled in there to avoid bad weather. What a pleasant surprise, we haven’t visited Brixham for a couple of years and we found the whole experience great fun.

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