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Unique opportunity to buy a new boat at a used-boat price.

The King’s Royal Hussars and the Royal Southern Yacht Club share a strong historical connection in the figure of James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan who between 1847 and 1854, was simultaneously Commanding officer of the 11th Hussars and C...

Branlebas de Régates 2011 – St Malo, La Mer en Fête.
Ahhhh, finalement, l’été est arrivé, le soleil est sorti, les vacances commencent, les estivants prennent la route et le plus grand rassemblement de bateaux se prépare pour la sema...

HIGH SIERRA REGATTA – JULY 15-17, 2011

Hector Sheppard-Capurro is the founder of the yachting industry in Gibraltar and today at the ripe old age of 87 he's bought a Princess 415 motor yacht from Boatshed Gibraltar.  How cool is that? That you can be 87 and be planning to mess around ...

Finally we are leaving our home port and heading on south, towards Dalmatia. I hope that down there weather will be better and that we will spend several nice days on the sea. Todays weather looks more like early spring than middle of summer. Sinc...

Boatshed Hamble are proud to announce there support of this years RYA Motor Cruise.

What are the most common mistakes that people make when choosing and buying a yacht? Here are the top 5 don'ts to be avoided when investing in a yacht purchase. Many thanks to Duncan Kent for putting this article together.

J-Cup & Cowes Dinard
Dans notre programme de régates pour 2011 les événements clés tombaient tous les 2 ce mois de juillet, et nous avons préparé le J/92s de Marc, “Dr Jekyll” et organise nos équipages pour ces courses en Manche...

The 2012 Olympics will bring millions of visitors to the UK - and most of them into central London. The transport implications of this will present a logistical nightmare for the organisers, who don't really seem to have got their heads around how...

So you’ve been on the prowl for that first-rate, nicely priced, pre-owned vessel?
Pounce on this 1987 Cooper Prowler 10m before it gets away!

As most of us do, I take customers at face value. We talk and through the process, we find out a bit about each other but sometimes we shouldn't just take things as we see them.
Prime example. At Boatshed Sussex, I have just finalised the sale...

Boatshed Plymouth is pleased to have listed a Wharram Tiki 26 catamaran at an asking price of £6,950. The Tiki 26 was designed for those who want to do more serious coastal cruising. She can be trailed and easily beached (to step off in ankle...

It’s often said that ‘you can’t keep a good man down’ well this one we simply can’t, Frank Gelder who founded Boatshed Cowes in 2007 and pushed it to one of the top performing Boatshed Offices within the group within 3 years is back ! ...

Part I of this article was a general introduction to AIS and the free AIS website. In this article we’ll examine how AIS works and the benefits of AIS to seafarers.

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to make available to their customers a free AIS feed from an associate company, TerraMar Networks. The area covered by the free AIS receiver extends from Start Point to Weymouth, South to Cherbourg and West to Plymo...

Now in its fourth fantastic year the SEA Property Multihull Championship in conjunction with the Ao Chalong Yacht Club, is taking place from 15-17 July. This event is Asia’s biggest multihull regatta offering superb racing conditions in a unique...

This week saw the start of the Trans-Atlantic Race 2011, with a host of yachts leaving Newport, Rhode Island between June 26th and July 3rd. 26 yachts started through three start days, one of them with some special relations for Boatshed Newport....

With moorings and marina berths still in short supply on the beautiful River Dart, a great alternative facility is available at Blackness Marine. Located on the banks of the West side of the River Dart, between East Cornworthy and Dittisham, Black...

Tired of the rat race? This boat can take you away from it all……..

Click Here to view details of this Hallberg Rassy 41 blue-water world cruiser.