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Whether you are a buyer or a seller working through a yacht broker provides a number of benefits that ensure a stress-free, secure transaction without the likelihood of the other party carrying out a scam on you.

When you are looking for a cruising boat there are certain features/equipment that you need to look for. Now is still a great time to take a couple of years out and go cruising and wait for the economy to recover.

Looking for a 50 to 42 foot Blue Water Cruiser to take you to far off islands and escape your daily routine and rat race?
Welcome to the Boatshed.com series of Blue Water Cruisers that will featured over the next few weeks. We are starting wi...

When I was about 7 years old my parents built narrowboats and my job was to break up the concrete and re arrange in the narrowboats bilge for ballast. I remember working in any temperature and used to love getting as much concrete to fit in the ga...

In March of this year and still amidst the very severe winter we experienced, my husband Steve and I had a conversation about whether it would be the right time to sell our beloved boat. She was our first sailing boat, the boat we pretty much lea...

The first time I stepped onboard a Sunseeker was at the London boat show hosted at Earls Court back years ago.

On Boatshed.com we have one of the largest collection of Westerly boats for sale.
Westerly boats are timeless classic, never dating and easily recognisable. If you're ever sitting on your boat in a busy haerbour like Portsmouth, check out how ...

Ever started out on a weekend boat trip, only to have your plans scuppered by a misbehaving engine? What do you do if you’re en route to your favourite spot for a little R&R on your beloved boat and the engine or the pump packs up? On a re...

For us the beginning of June means boat insurance day. It’s the sailing season, we normally have loads of other things on our minds and this year the weather was glorious but in contrast to previous years where I’ve just called up credit card...

Books have always fascinated me, taken up hours of time and deprived me of my sleeping!

If you are looking to buy a RIB, then look no further, Boatshed.com must have the largest selection of RIBS.

Boatshed were the 1st RNLI Ambassadors a few years ago which means that if you are a boat seller or buyer through Boatshed.com you can receive a complimentary 1 year Offshore membership with the RNLI.

Peter Harding and Halvard Mabire have spectacularly won the Normandy Channel Race prologue onboard 40 Degrees 2.

The Gibraltar Yacht Registry is part of the Red Ensign Group (see link below) and carries with it all the advantages of the standard Red Ensign and a few more. Like MCA Part 1 registration the Gibraltar Yacht Registry issues Part 1 registration al...

The sixth annual Plymouth Sail and Power Show is set to take place on Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th May 2010.
www.boatshedplymouth.com are pleased to be associated with the Plymouth Sail and Power Show again this year, and will be exhibiting t...

After all the training and all the organising the day of the race arrived rather too quickly. We met at St Katherine’s Dock at 06.00 to load the last remaining bits of kit and had a final briefing before rowing back towards Westminster Bridge f...

Boatshed Performance.com is a specialist brokerage service for performance yachts.

Have you had your rigging checked recently? Are you looking to buy a yacht? If so it’s very wise to consider a rigging check from a specialist rigging company. Maybe it’s just a case of not looking up, but somehow the mast and rigging seems to...

Has your Yacht Broker seen the boat he is trying to sell you ?

Once again Boatshed Grand Union is going to be in the thick of things at
Cavalcade (Little Venice 1st -3rd May). We will have our stand on the South
Tow Path with all our boats for sale on display. We will also have one
wonderful wide ...