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On Manhattan, there are only marinas on the west side of Manhattan on the Hudson, and the more south on Manhattan you are, the more expensive are the marinas. £1,500 - £2,000 Pounds is a normal price for our little 30 foot boat – a month! ...

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a one owner from new Hunter Ranger 245. The 245 is another great design from David Thomas and its amazing how much space there is in just under 25’. The self-tacking headsail makes for easy ...

After two weeks in Newport we were ready to sail to New York. We had been a bit delayed, because Henrik had ordered a new holding tank by a local blacksmith, who turned out to be a bit unpredictable:

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to offer for sale a one owner from new, White Shark 265. I have had the pleasure of brokering several White Sharks and they are excellent performers and are also well equipped. The design and layout is always good an...

In the last two weeks we have had the boat in Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is considered one of the sailing centres of USA together with Annapolis and San Francisco, and the legendary New York Yacht Club has a “club house” in Newport besides...

Last year over 2000 people visited central Birmingham to enjoy the floating market: A three day event organised by The Roving Canal Traders Association. Traders who both live and work on the canals arrived in Birmingham by boat to sell their arts,...

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a Sadler 32. This is not just any Sadler 32 but the first one ever built and launched and she has had just two owners from new. A number of improvements have been carried out by the current owner,...

Two times in this season one of our lower shrouds has broke. The first time it happened, we were at anchor in St. Barth. One morning we heard a bump on the deck, and it turned out that the rig fitting that is placed on the wire in the mast had sna...

If you're looking for a new direction in life and love the idea of working with boats you may like this story of how our business model, training and support recently helped Paul Watson to start a new business.

On Thursday the entire Solitaire du Figaro fleet arrived in Plymouth for a three day lay-over at Sutton Harbour Marina.

Calling all boat sellers - we have buyers waiting.
The team at Boatshed Plymouth is having another great year selling boats and are keen to assist other sellers find new owners for their boats in 2014. We have buyers ready and keen to bu...

Boatshed Brixham and Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a diesel engine Doral Monticello 250. The Doral’s offer a really great layout in a spacious cockpit (with the ability to extend the aft bench seat for even more space) and ar...

Our weather router Chris Parker finally gave us the green light to leave Bermuda and sail towards Newport, Rhode Island. We had 10 good days in Bermuda that we wouldn't have been without, but Wednesday we were ready to go.

Richard Martin, the local broker was kept on his toes this weekend as he completed another handover of a boat sold through Boatshed Chichester.

This weekend saw two happy customers collect the keys for their new boats sold through Boatshed Chichester. Richard Martin, the local broker was kept on his toes as he completed the handovers.

After almost 9 days at sea we made it to Bermuda last Saturday. We didn't move very fast (we averaged under a 100 nm a day), but it was one of the most comfortable offshore passages we've yet had.

The Boatshed ketch Supertaff was en route from Alderney in the Channel Islands back towards Portsmouth UK when a mayday relay was heard over the radio. This concerned the case of a missing seaman on a bulk carrier, the M/V Julia. The skipper had ...

This is the twenty thousandth boat for sale with Boatshed.com. Thats a shed load of boats which have been advertised through the Boatshed.com Website...

After one week at sea, we still have nearly 200 nautical miles left to Bermuda. At the moment it looks like we'll arrive in Bermuda Saturday – just in time for the Champions League Final (If they care about that in Bermuda).

Some time ago I remember a lady contacted me on Facebook to ask,