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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.

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...

PSP Worldwide Logistics are proud to offer a special spring sailing, just in time for the start of the Mediterranean sailing season.

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...