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After huge expansion of the group over the past few years the Boatshed.com team have opted for a new form of transport, with 15 luxuriously-appointed offices the new Boatshed Head Quarters is due to be commissioned this month.

So, you’ve decided to buy the boat of your dreams and now you need a survey. You phone up a number of surveyors to find out the cost. You read up on forums about people grumbling about what a survey costs. So what do you get with your survey and...

Boatshed Hamble .Com starts 2011 with a new phase in its successful eight year history.

50 YEARS OF FOLKBOATS:

Boatshed.com were on the water this afternoon for the start this legendary single-handed transatlantic race.

Sometimes, I come to the conclusion you just get too many emails. Anyhow, whilst poring through Friday’s delivery of the odd two or three hundred emails in my inbox, I noticed one titled Rib Raid; nothing to do with technical redundancy on serv...

My first boat was an beaten-up old marine ply kayak that my Dad bought for a fiver and my Grand Father, who was a cabinet maker, restored to full glory.
She was a bit heavy for a kayak but provided you were going in a straight line she was gre...

UK is one of the new countries to introduce a professional boat sales qualification which has been championed by the Boat Retailers and Brokers Association (BRBA) and the Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents (ABYA) to promote a proper code of ...

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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.

Peter & Michael Delbridge of www.boatshedhamble.com have just sponsored a good friend of theirs Steve Sault and his crew in the 2010 J80 European championships out on Lake Garda.

Baltic Wharf Boatyard are pleased to be holding an Open Day and Boat Jumble in aid of the Dart RNLI on Saturday 17th July from 10am. The day promises to be busy with plenty of activity both on and off the water as well as a chance to sell those ...

Dubbed the most sociable yacht rally in the world this year’s event set off at 13:00 on Friday 18th June with virtually no wind. The starting line was set between the RAF runway centreline buoy and a Royal Navy vessel. This year the Navy sent a ...

Waterline Boats / Boatshed Seattle welcomes Gary Buck to the crew! Gary is our most recent certified Boatshed System agent and will focus on customer service and sales in the Tacoma and South Sound areas.

The third SEA Property International Phuket Multihull Championship will take place July 16, 17 and 18 in the Chalong Bay area. This increasingly popular event is expected to attract over 20 entries this year and is a perfect feeder event for Six S...

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 ...

I was a little jealous last weekend when some of my Yottie Boatshed colleagues took place in the annual race around the Isle of Wight (along with a notorious character from BP). Now I am doing it myself, on a slightly larger boat than any of them....

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