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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.
Boatshed Scotland scoops broker of the year award
Thursday, 09 January 2014Boatshed Scotland won the trophy for "Yacht Broker of the year" at the 2014 Boatshed Conference and Awards ceremony.
Capibara - Atlantic crossing low down
Monday, 06 January 2014We've had several questions from interested readers that are looking to do the Atlantic crossing, so here's some of what Signe & Henrik experienced on Capibara their Allegro 30.
Capibara - Should you believe everything you read?
Friday, 03 January 2014After a rather boring Christmas Eve in Martinique, we decided to go to St. Lucia for the New Year’s, because a local girl from Martinique had told us that they threw better parties at the neighbour island.
London Boat Show on stand E163
Friday, 03 January 2014Boatshed.com will be on Stand E163 for the next 9 days.
Capibara - Christmas in the Carribbean
Friday, 27 December 2013To arrive in Martinique has turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax for both of us, even though we barely talked about anything else during the crossing or before for that matter. Martinique hasn't live up to our expectations, which for my part h...
Aqua-Dock Modular Mooring & Pontoon Systems
Friday, 20 December 2013Aqua-Dock – Commercial Use and Benefits
Capibara - The highs and lows of their Atlantic crossing
Thursday, 19 December 2013Sunday the 17th of November we sailed from Lanzarote both of us full of excitement and optimism. I just couldn’t believe that we were about to cross the Atlantic!
Capibara reached Martinique 18/12 15.42
Wednesday, 18 December 2013Capibara, Allegro 30, left Lanzarote on Sunday 17th November and arrived in Martinique after 32 days at sea.
Check out the boats in our next auction: Catalogue is now live
Wednesday, 18 December 2013Check out the bumper selection of boats in our next auction January 17-21 2014. If you are interested in any boats, you’ll have plenty of time to fit in a viewing before the auction starts on January 17th 2014.
New boat search for Boatshed
Wednesday, 18 December 2013There are various ways you can now search using different criteria.
Sell your boat in our next boat auction
Tuesday, 17 December 2013This is an online auction website for second hand boats, working in partnership with Boatshed.com. All transactions are fully secure, transparent and work under standard British Marine Federation guidelines. Auctions run from a Friday to Tuesday e...
Capibara Atlantic crossing: Day 18
Thursday, 05 December 2013Just over two weeks at sea and just about half way to Martinique.
Why nobody goes cruising in the Canary Islands
Friday, 08 November 2013In Las Palmas we met a Danish cruiser, who lived on her boat in Las Palmas Marina. She had bought the boat in Spain six years earlier, had sailed it down to Las Palmas, and now the boat had never since been out of the marina.
Snapshot on whats happening on Gosport waterfront today
Saturday, 26 October 2013With the weather forecast placing a certain amount of doom and curbing our sailing over the next few days with Storm Force 10 to violent storm 11 expected on the south coast UK...
SV Traversay III - North West passage/Unimak Pass
Saturday, 28 September 2013The weather forecast for the Unimak Pass section of the Aleutians was, we are told, typical for this time of year. Later in the year, it gets worse.
Boatshed support Anna Wardley ..... Is she a human fish ?
Wednesday, 25 September 2013Neil Chapman from Boatshed.com decides to sail around the Isle of Wight singled-handed to follow Anna Wardley as she becomes the THIRD PERSON EVER to swim 60 miles around this Island.
Yacht Charter company moves to sell boats
Saturday, 14 September 2013RYA sailing school and yacht charter company, Commodore Yachting is launching a new strand to its business at the PSP Southampton Boat Show. Working in conjunction with Boatshed Portsmouth, Commodore Yachting is one of the first sailing school an...
PSP Southampton Boat Show...What to see and do.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013Looking for a plan of what to see at the PSP Southampton Boatshow ?We asked Boatshow "Veteran" Neil Chapman of Boatshed what he would do and see this year.......
PSP Southampton Boat Show...STAND DO63
Monday, 09 September 2013PSP Southampton Boat Show...STAND DO63
SV Traversay III - North West passage/Cape Bathurst
Thursday, 05 September 2013One of the unusual features of this summer's ice situation is the movement of Beaufort Sea ice in a kind of clockwise gyre to clutter up the coast of Banks Island. On a bad day, it even extends across the mouth of Amundsen Gulf to Cape Bathurst an...
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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.