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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.

From a Home-Made Rowing Boat to Award-Winning Broker
From a Home-Made Rowing Boat to Award-Winning Broker
Tuesday, 01 April 2014

How to start your own successful brokerage even if you have no brokerage experience

Capibara - The Magic Number
Capibara - The Magic Number
Friday, 28 March 2014

It is common knowledge that cruising life is the same as fixing boats in exotic places. There’s always work to do on a boat! In Martinique we met a young couple in the marina, who were working on their boat.

Twin diesel Cranchi in show room condition for sale
Twin diesel Cranchi in show room condition for sale
Friday, 28 March 2014

This Cranchi Perla 25 has just come onto the market for sale. She is in showroom condition and ready for a new family, Lying south coast. UK.

Nearly new Arvor 215AS for sale
Nearly new Arvor 215AS for sale
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Boatshed Brixham and Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a virtually brand new Arvor 215AS. This blue-hulled 215AS is equipped with the external helm position and comes with a twin axle road trailer as well. The offer price represents a ...

2014 Beneteau Oceanis 55 - $559,00
2014 Beneteau Oceanis 55 - $559,00
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Perfect for short handed cruising, plus you can adjust all sails without leaving the helm. Electronic controlled transom lowers to create a swim platform, a small refrigerator is integrated in the cockpit table-handy to use while underway, just a ...

32 Coastal Cruising for less than £1,000 per foot!
32 Coastal Cruising for less than £1,000 per foot!
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

If you love traditional, classic lines, GRP, ketch rigged, 32 foot, and all this for just under £21K, then you might like this...

Can Boatshed sell your boat twice as fast as other brokers?
Can Boatshed sell your boat twice as fast as other brokers?
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

According to the latest figures published by Yachtworld it now takes 350 to 450 days to sell a boat. These are average time periods based on 132,000 boats for sale by 2525 Yacht Brokers using Yachtworld.

OPEN 60 Performance racing boat - REDUCED
OPEN 60 Performance racing boat - REDUCED
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

If you're looking to get onto the OPEN 60 racing circuit, this slightly older OPEN 60 carbon fibre CNB racing boat, with great pedigree at a sensible price, then don't overlook this boat.

A true classic – Restored Buchanan 35’ Yeoman MKII For Sale
A true classic – Restored Buchanan 35’ Yeoman MKII For Sale
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a truly classic Yeoman 35 MKII. Built by RJ Priors of Burnham on Crouch Essex in 1956 she has been lovingly restored over the past few years after being found ‘abandoned’ in a yard on the Clyd...

Beneteau First 285 offered for sale
Beneteau First 285 offered for sale
Monday, 24 March 2014

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a well presented Beneteau First 285. A total of 451 First 285’s were built and they provide a good combination of performance and comfortable cruising. This First 285 has been well looked after ...

Exceptional Jeanneau Merry Fisher 695 for sale
Exceptional Jeanneau Merry Fisher 695 for sale
Saturday, 22 March 2014

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a Jeanneau Merry Fisher 695. These are really great boats and are perfectly suited to family cruising, fishing or just pure enjoyment. Rarely do we get to offer boats to the market that are as wel...

Capibara - We love Barbados!
Capibara - We love Barbados!
Friday, 21 March 2014

Barbados is everything we thought back home the Caribbean would be! There are beautiful sandy beaches, nice restaurants and shops, and the most friendly, smiling, and courteous people we have met in the Caribbean.

Adieu Avontuur
Adieu Avontuur
Saturday, 15 March 2014

Originally posted on the Dutch Barge Association’s website forum by Ian & Lyn Lones and reproduced here with their permission.

Capibara - Super yachts and US visa
Capibara - Super yachts and US visa
Friday, 14 March 2014

We have now arrived in Barbados, and we have arrived by boat! In Martinique we discussed the possibilities of flying to Barbados and staying at a hotel instead of sailing the 100 nautical miles against the wind, current, and waves.

Capibara - Groundhog Day in Marin
Capibara - Groundhog Day in Marin
Saturday, 08 March 2014

In the film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a TV presenter who finds himself repeating the same day over and over again. We've had a similar experience this week, since we have wanted to leave Marin almost every day, but every day we have decided...

Can you sell a boat at auction?
Can you sell a boat at auction?
Friday, 07 March 2014

Is an auction a good place to buy a boat? With the success of eBay and other auction sites, the idea of placing boats for sale in a competative auction envoiroment seems a good one, we could all do with a bit more keen sales activity!
Howeve...

The Top 15 Weirdest Canal Boating Rules
The Top 15 Weirdest Canal Boating Rules
Friday, 07 March 2014

I’ve just discovered a new blog, where a Londoner describes her adventures as a new live-aboard: A Narrow Escape. She has already learned a few of the more bizarre rules of boating such as “No matter which lock you’re passing through, there ...

Boatshed.com is recruiting :)
Boatshed.com is recruiting :)
Wednesday, 05 March 2014

Boatshed.com is recruiting :)

A lovely, spritely Swede. New to the market Scanmar 33 for sale
A lovely, spritely Swede. New to the market Scanmar 33 for sale
Monday, 03 March 2014

Boatshed Dartmouth are delighted to offer for sale a Scanmar 33. Coming from a Swedish heritage, build quality is, as might be expected, very good indeed and looking at this example you wouldn’t think she was built in 1986. Incredibly she has be...

Capibara - A lovely reunion with Martinique
Capibara - A lovely reunion with Martinique
Friday, 28 February 2014

In December, when we came to Martinique for the first time, we were disappointed. Was this the Caribbean we had sailed 31 days to see? Where were all the sandy beaches, palm trees, and coconuts?

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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.