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The 20th Dubai International Boatshow is now officially open and the Boatshed team were on hand to see the opening ceremony first hand.
Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum officially opened the show.

Check out these quality boats in the next BoatBid.com boat auction.
The Auction starts in less than 9 days from today.

As the only British crew member on-board, Brian Thompson, today clocked up two major records as the maxi trimaran, Banque Populaire V, crossed the Jules Verne Trophy finish line near Brest, France this evening.

Les marins parmi nous sont peu-être bien habitués aux caprices de l’eau qui s’en va de temps en temps pour y revenir quelques heures plus tard mais ici en fluvial un tel comportement est plutôt inhabituel et la marré basse peut durer plusi...

We’re all very excited about the PSP Southampton Boat Show and the Boatshed stand at the show.

Come and meet the Boatshed.com team at this years PSP Southampton boat show.

Perhaps it’s no great shock to hear that marine crime is on the increase, but particularly worrying is the shear scale of current thefts from boats in Devon and Cornwall. All too often boat crime is seen as ‘a minor inconvenience that the insu...

The legendary Fastnet Race starts on the 14th August 2011 in Cowes and finishes in Plymouth from the 16th onwards. The finishing fleet will be hosted at Sutton Harbour Marina which is where Stephen from BoatshedPlymouth keeps his own yacht. It wi...

The guy's at Boatshed Hamble along with all the brokers at Boatshed cant resist anything to do with boats, and yesterday was a good example.

The Boatshed conference 2011 was a great success. Two days spent in and around Portsmouth Dockyard as well as Boatshed HQ in Gosport; with lots of lectures, group meetings and workshops.
Approximately 30 Boatsheds came to the event, travel...

This week sees Boatshed.com pass the 400,000 registered customer mark.

Its come round to this time of year, your boats hull is weedy, she is sluggish under power and takes time to respond, plus urgently needs to be scrubbed off and anodes all checked for the new seasons sailing.

Plymouth, Devon is to host a stage of the America’s Cup World Series 2011

By Ian Dawes, Boatshed Port Solent

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...

Electronically-tagged pebbles have been scattered on the shore at Hayling Island, Hampshire, to track the movement of beach material.
The 2,600 flint pebbles along the 4.9 miles (8km) of coast will be tracked by scientists using GPS scanners. ...

If yachts were people Mr. Mustang and Joanine should really get together. He is strong, full of character, a man about the world who has seen and done everything, a sort of Bernie Ecclestone of the boating world. Mr. Mustang is a Renown offshor...

Join us for a great 10 mile walk on Saturday 12th right across the top of the harbour. This would be a good warm up walk if you are planning on booking the Festival of Harbour Walks in May. For more leisurely ways to learn about the harbour, try t...