News

These Cheese toasties are so good at sea for the whole crew. This one is particularly delicious using a home made sun dried tomato & fennel seed paste and Wensleydale cheese with a brown nutty, seeded loaf. Grab one quick as they don't hang a...

Using the spices below really makes a delicious curry and with using a good quality mild curry powder, you can turn the heat up or down depending how hot you like your curries.

A colourful salad made from the odds and ends in your veg locker. You can use a variety of veg and grated finely mixed with some sweet salad, sharp bit of onions and balsamic vinegar its a good healthy meal which goes really well with smoked fish,...

When it comes to the summer months and school holidays, we like to go off cruising for several weeks/months at a time and go where the wind takes us. We pack our bags and move all the troops on-board and start our adventures.

So; this weekend sees the annual J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club. The small town of Cowes is expecting over 1,700 boats for the event taking place on the Solent on Saturday 1st June 2013. Wi...

The next boat auctions starts on June 19th at 09.00 GMT 2013.

This is a great Dish to impress your fellow sailors when you invite them round for drinks on an anchorage, also it can be done really cheaply and there are so many variations you can make with chick peas, beans when you are on a long distance pas...

This dish is really a cross between the French dish Tartiflette, Spanish dish Tortilla and a Frittata. Called Hurd's Deep as I was making it one day when we saw a 35 foot basking shark off Alderney near Hurd's Deep Channel, so the names stuck ever...

Try A Boat Free! returns to the South Embankment, Dartmouth Bank Holiday weekend Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26. The event is open from 10am to 4pm and a choice of boats will be ashore and on the water. Qualified skippers will be taking visit...

With the half term holidays fast approaching you may be thinking about taking the family on a boat, or looking for some water-themed activities. But how do you keep them entertained on board?

Boatshed goes Responsive!
Today, nearly 30% of Boatshed's traffic is mobile. By the end of next year, this may exceed 50% Tablet sales are expected to exceed 100 million this year. Smartphones, of course, are also a hot commodity, with the ...

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a Romilly. Designed by Nigel Irens the Romilly was a smaller derivative of the larger Roxanne. As a day boat with occasional overnight stops the Romilly provides superb performance in a design tha...

Jane Robinson has just taken over Boatshed Torquay. She lives in Dartmouth and so has arranged to share an office with Paul Singer at Boatshed Dartmouth. They are based at Baltic Wharf, Totnes, where boaters can also access lift out, storage, dry ...

They say that good things come in twos. Well BoatshedPlymouth.com are very pleased to be able to offer two very well presented Westerly yachts which are both new on the market.

Do you fancy a change of pace - A new lifestyle on the borders of Devon and Cornwall?

The Boatshed crew recognise that buying a boat is a major decision, which is why you have chosen to use Boatshed as your professional broker to guide you through what can be a daunting process. We believe in offering the very best quality of servi...

Cats have been found aboard ships since early times, accompanying explorers, merchants and navies. Popular for rodent control, the cat would get the rat before the rats and mice could eat the crew’s food supply or any edible cargo. They also of...

Most of the inland waterways in Britain are looked after by the Canal and River Trust and to use these navigations you will need to purchase an annual licence. Licences can be paid for in monthly instalments, or in a one-off payment. Paying an...

Are you ready for a change in 2013? Boatshed.com is growing and we are looking for people with a passion for boats looking for a change in career, as well as existing marine businesses to join us.

A bright Spring day in Brixham marked the transition from restoration to operations for ‘Pilgrim’ BM45 one of the last remaining Brixham trawlers. Built in 1895 in Uphams Yard in Brixham, Pilgrim cost less than £640 to build, which today has ...