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Giles Scott says he will ‘regroup’ for the upcoming Olympic Games after a “disappointing” ninth-place finish at the Finn world championships.

Every year, around 150 people die at the coast around the UK and Ireland. Last year, the RNLI launched more than  8,000 times to those in need of help. 

However, research by Helly Hansen, a partner of the RNLI, has revealed that UK boa...

Lerwick has been selected to be a host port for the spectacular Tall Ships Races for the third time.

The Races are expected to visit Lerwick, the only Scottish location, from 26 – 29 July, 2023. The isles previously hosted the event in 199...

The South Coast Boat Show was deemed a great success by both organisers and exhibitors, with nearly 700 appointments booked by 500 buyers over the three-day event.

The appointment only show was one of the first boat shows to take place in a phys...

The New York Yacht Club has submitted a challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, New Zealand.

The New York Yacht Club won the America’s Cup in 1851 and successfully defended the Cup 26...

The Cruising Association, through its local representatives, has helped to make cruising to France easier, post-Brexit.

Since leaving the EU, boats arriving in France from the UK or Channel Islands are required to sail to one of a small number o...

Olympic champion Hannah Mills believes she and teammate Eilidh McIntyre have even more to give as they claimed the runner-up spot at the 470 European Championships, their last big regatta before Tokyo 2020.

The Rio 2016 gold medallist said she a...

The RYA has been awarded a further £150,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund which aims to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 and the widening of the inequalities in sport and physica...

Tickets for the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, taking place in Plymouth over 17 – 18 July, are now available.

Following the action-packed season opener in Bermuda in April, with a triumphant win for Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailG...

MDL’s Hamble Point Marina is supporting team Mindcraft, as they prepare and train for the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. 

The team will be rowing 3,000nm across the Atlantic in their boat ‘Mindcraft’ to raise vital fu...

Following an update on Covid-19 compliance and revised restrictions, the Royal Western Yacht Club postponed the MailaSail OSTAR & TWOSTAR race. Now, the 60th Anniversary Race Entry List will officially re-open on 9 May.

The date is particula...

The February 2021 BoatBid Auction will start on Monday 8th February 2021, and today the catalogue went LIVE !
Great start to a new year, take a look at the entries here ...

Boatshed Portsmouth are based in the home of Alex Thomson Racing and have been very fortunate to be great friends with Alex and the team and have watched the development and creation of the latest ground-breaking Hugo Boss new racing yacht spe...

I was fortunate to list this particular boat with some photographs just before the 'lockdown' so the marketing began with limited photos.

Our business practices aim to reduce social contact where possible and when customers and brokers need to meet, we aim to reduce any risk of infection. Please find further information below, relevant to selling and buying . These are in addition ...

Once was during a visit in February to meet my colleagues in Boatshed Suffolk where Spirit Yachts reside. This is where she was designed and built in-house. It was unbelievable to compare the size of the yacht to the actual size of the headqua...

Dame Ellen MacArthur launches ‘Better Connections, Bigger Impact: Our Ambitions for 2020-2020

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Tuesday 4 February’s episode of Sir David Jason’s current TV documentary series features the much-loved actor visiting Hovertravel at Ryde. Entitled David Jason’s Great British Inventions, the next show will be broadcast at 9pm o...