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It's an online auction site for used boats where potential customers can bid to purchase the boat of their dreams. BoatBid.com's process means you can bid with confidence, each boat can be surveyed and sea trialled before you make the final decis...

Boatshed are now working with a series of Local, National and International companies to offer you discounts on equipment and services for your boat.

A few weeks ago the Boatshed team decided to pull into Fowey. We didn’t quite realise that it was also the Fowey Regatta, so this made things a little busier than normal. If you have never visited Fowey, I can strongly recommend it. It seems to ...

Scared your lifejacket might do this, when needed?: http://brighton.boatshed.com/brighton-marina-life-jacket-clinic-blog-30566.html Come to our next clinic on 25th Oct! 1000-1400 Brighton Marina

My colleagues at Boatshed HQ (Click Here to checkout Boatshed.com – one of the largest international Yacht Brokerage groups in the world with 50+ branches worldwide) weren’t the least bit surprised when they saw the title of my latest...

What ever your next dinghy is, its always a compromise, but getting the balance right for practicality, cost and usability is really important. We look at various types of used dinghies.

Avast me hearties! Didn't mean to hornswaggle ye ......but......It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day celebratin' public pirattitude around the world. Come and talk like a pirate on the Boatshed.com stand BO53 at the Southampton boat show.

Europe’s largest festival of boating sails into Southampton and Boatshed.com are on their regular stand BO53 enjoying the fun. The Southampton Boat Show is now Europe’s largest outdoor festival of boating with over 2km of pontoons . Now in its...

Look insurance Services today announce it has entered into a strategic partnership with Boatshed. The partnership program will see Look insurance Services providing yacht insurance quotations for Boatshed UK clients and allows a special discount f...

We are delighted to announce that Look Insurance Services has joined Boatshed's Preferred Partners scheme, offering marine and boating insurance to UK based and registered pleasure boats. As one of the leading marine insurers,Look is ideally plac...

Plymouths Ocean City Festival kicks off on the 5th of September and runs right through to the 27th. A series of events, aimed at the whole community, will be run from the Barbican, Royal William Yard and other areas focusing on marine science / te...

If like the Boatshed crew, you like visiting regattas, then you will love the Dartmouth Regatta.
We love the sailing and racing but we also love the shore-side stuff and the air show.
-For aircraft nerds you are gonna love it! ...

Mylor Yacht Harbour, a hidden gem that’s worth checking out. This week on a visit to Falmouth we decided to call in at the Mylor Yacht Harbour facility. Mylor has always been a location on our regular dog walks when we are staying in the main ...

Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, the Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 will begin in Cowes on August 16th at 12 noon and culminate at Plymouth Yacht Haven between 18th & 22nd August 2015.

The British Firework Championships 2015 is set to be held in Plymouth, Devon on the 18th & 19th of August. Plymouth, Britain's Ocean City, has become a regular host to the event and where better to witness it than out on the water in your own ...

Now that the kids are home for the school summer holidays are you wondering how to keep them entertained without spending a fortune? These low-cost ideas will make an unusual family day out and keep the grown-ups happy too – that is if y...

The America's Cup World Series drew a mixed response from a huge crowd after last weekend at Southsea, an exciting event, but with only 1 hour of proper racing, for some the value for money element may be hard to see after spending £100 on a seat...

Open to professional and amateur sailors, Plymouth Regatta on Friday 17th - Sunday 19th July 2015 promises to be an exciting event.