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Lia Ditton prepping for her incredible Yo! Row expedition next year.

Brokers seek to reach international markets; Boatshed’s digital platform has global reach, and analyses data to match sales with most likely buyers

Despatch riders worked in all weathers, delivering messages and parcels to ships and naval establishments and were responsible for the maintenance of their motorbikes.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy

Premier Marinas will be holding its Premier Motorboat and RIB Show at Swanwick Marina on 25 – 26 March from 10am to 4pm.

This free to enter show will feature a mix of brokers and manufacturers offering boats that are suitable for a dry sta...

Ben Saxton & Nicola Groves. Credit Sailing Energy/World Sailing.

John Beavis MBE and Alex Thompson at the 2015 event

Spinlock’s lifejacket, the Deckvest LITE, has a new contemporary look for 2017. Spinlock have also launched a new model of the Deckvest LITE+, which now comes with a harness. The new Deckvest LITE is shorter and slightly more angular and sit...

Stout, once the bulk of London’s 18th century beer production, is making a comeback.

Do you remember when Whitbread, Truman’s and Manns were independent and advertised their stouts on the then new-fangled commercial TV channel? Those...

What can you expect to find at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show 2017?

There is no better place to prepare for the season ahead than the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show in association with Yachts and Yachting, brought to you by the RYA.

Located in the sheltered waters of the northern reaches of historic Portsmouth Harbour, Port Solent is a wonderful destination marina with its modern boatyard and family friendly facilities.

Port Solent Marina began construction in 1984 and was ...

Lizzy uses visualisation to her advantage when racing

Credit Jake Randall

The work of The Green Blue extends beyond the UK sharing knowledge and ideas with businesses and organisations internationally.

Dan Reading, Green Blue Sustainability Officer

We want our customers to feel valued, informed and, well…… loved. Instead of us keeping all the useful information about boat sales to ourselves, we have developed some tools to allow our customers to keep themselves informed whilst selling a...

BoatBid enables the boat buyer to bid with the confidence that any boat can be surveyed and sea trialed before you make the decision to purchase. The transaction is handled by one of Boatshed's brokers.

This week saw the Boatshed 2016 2 day Conference held in Gosport at Hardy’s at Haslar Marina. There was representation from approximately 40 Boatshed locations, including the UK and Europe, along with a number of members of the Boatshed HQ team....

Buying and selling a boat can be quite a daunting process, not to mention emotional, especially if you are selling something that has given you a tremendous amount of fun, challenges and happiness over the years and has become close to your heart....

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...

BWML Brokerage services working in partnership with Boatshed.com to provide a specialist brokerage service for Narrowboats and all that float on the canals. Boatshed is now the exclusive external broker in most of BWML’s 20 locations, available ...

Boatshed Newsletter Summer 2015 - we have news and articles including - WIN a PADDLEBOARD Competition - How does Boatshed sell boats twice as fast? - News from America - The Truth about the used boat market - Life on a cana...