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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 Wales Festive Fizz @ Five
Boatshed Wales Festive Fizz @ Five
Monday, 14 December 2009

Wales’ premier yacht brokers Boatshed Wales are having their Fantastically Famous Festive Fizz at Five for all their Friends and Fanciers.

Boatshed Yacht brokers investigate life raft servicing
Boatshed Yacht brokers investigate life raft servicing
Tuesday, 08 December 2009

Tony and Amina Cleal of Boatshed Plymouth took a couple of hours off from their busy Plymouth brokerage to find out what happens when a life raft is serviced. Out of date safety equipment is one of those things which regularly crops up on used b...

Boatshed Falmouth in Abu Dhabi for Formula I power boats
Boatshed Falmouth in Abu Dhabi for Formula I power boats
Sunday, 06 December 2009

Steve from Boatshed Falmouth dropped in on the Abu Dhabi round of the Formula 1 power boat circus run on the Corniche Breakwater. Single engine, one man boats, skimming across the warm blue water under the gaze of the Emirates Palace Hotel, where...

How to avoid blowing your boat up!
How to avoid blowing your boat up!
Friday, 04 December 2009

As yacht brokers we often get asked about gas systems on boats, it’s one of those things that often comes up when a used boat is surveyed. We all know just how dangerous and fatal gas explosions can be so Amina Cleal from Boatshed Plymouth took...

BOATSHED.COM T MINUS 0 TO LAUNCH, ALL SYSTEMS ARE GOOD TO GO!!
BOATSHED.COM T MINUS 0 TO LAUNCH, ALL SYSTEMS ARE GOOD TO GO!!
Friday, 04 December 2009

T MINUS 0 HOURS TILL LAUNCH, ALL SYSTEMS ARE GOOD TO GO!!

Boatshedphuket results service
Boatshedphuket results service
Wednesday, 02 December 2009

Race day 2 results

NEW LOOK BOATSHED.COM WEBSITE LAUNCH
NEW LOOK BOATSHED.COM WEBSITE LAUNCH
Tuesday, 01 December 2009

THE NEW LOOK BOATSHED.COM WEBSITE LAUNCH CELEBRATES OVER 2,000 HAPPY BOAT SALE CUSTOMERS SO FAR IN 2009!

Phuket King’s Cup. Race Day 1 Results
Phuket King’s Cup. Race Day 1 Results
Tuesday, 01 December 2009

In the first day of racing in the 23rd Phuket King’s Cup, it was Hong Kong’s Neil Pryde and his Hi-Fi crew that finally earned overall Racing division handicap honours after a disastrous second race start and then a brilliant recovery.

Boatshed Plymouth winter news for the South-west
Boatshed Plymouth winter news for the South-west
Tuesday, 01 December 2009

The team at Boatshed Plymouth hope that you and your boat, if you have one, are fairing OK with this very wet and windy weather we’ve been having. Now is the time of year when most of the boats in Plymouth take a break. Some are left in readin...

Boatshed Plymouth Yacht Brokers handing out the fizz and Plymouth celebrates with free ..
Boatshed Plymouth Yacht Brokers handing out the fizz and Plymouth celebrates with free ..
Tuesday, 17 November 2009

At the recent Boatshed Plymouth yacht brokerage fizz@five a bottle of Champagne was up for grabs for the first business card pulled out of the Boatshed international yacht brokerage box. The lucky winner was Jen Walker of Plymartec who are based ...

Transat Jacques Vabre 2009 is off in style!!
Transat Jacques Vabre 2009 is off in style!!
Monday, 09 November 2009

With one of my favourite races on the circuit under way after a beautiful start from Le Havre on the 8th of Novemeber, The fleet of double handed teams are racing towards Puerto Limon in Costa Rica where the finish lies, along with the the sunshi...

Fizz@five Boatshed Plymouth
Fizz@five Boatshed Plymouth
Monday, 02 November 2009

Boatshed Plymouth have moved into a new office at Mountbatten Plymouth. It is situated behind the Bridgend Boat Company in the Western Hangar off Lawrence road and adjacent to the popular Yacht Haven Marina. The company celebrated the move in tr...

Phuket Kings Cup a part of the AsianYachting Grand Prix
Phuket Kings Cup a part of the AsianYachting Grand Prix
Friday, 30 October 2009

The Asian Yachting Grand Prix Championship first came together in 2002 with the idea of crowning an Asian Racing Class champion skipper and boat . Initially nine events with substantial racing class entrants were selected, which became known as 5...

Phuket Kings Cup Provisional Program
Phuket Kings Cup Provisional Program
Thursday, 22 October 2009

Phuket Kings Cup Provisional Program

The South Coast Marathon
The South Coast Marathon
Monday, 19 October 2009

The South Coast Marathon organised by the British Powerboat Racing Club was run on Saturday the 17th October, it was a RYA National Powerboat Racing Event with the rolling start line between East and West Lepe buoy's out of the Western Solent and ...

Launch of the TS Jack Petchley
Launch of the TS Jack Petchley
Thursday, 15 October 2009

There was quite a buzz of excitement and activity outside Boatshed Plymouth’s new office which is situated on Lawrence Road, Mount Batten, Plymouth just behind the old sea plane hangar where Bridgend Boat Company is.

23 rd Annual Kings Cup Regatta
23 rd Annual Kings Cup Regatta
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

With high season fast approaching it’s almost time for the 23 rd annual running of the Phuket King's Cup, Asia's biggest and most popular regatta. Inaugurated in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of His Majesty the King of Thailand, the event ...

British Inland Waterways go International
British Inland Waterways go International
Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Britain boasts over 7,000 miles of coastline, but it also has over 2,500 miles of navigable waterways (that’s 5,000 miles of shoreline if you count both banks). That is a very big playground. And playing in this great pond are over 70,000 boat...

Selling your yacht in a recession
Selling your yacht in a recession
Monday, 05 October 2009

Recession is not the end of the world; it’s a correction that brings the laws of supply and demand into equilibrium. This correction in general brings a degree of pain. However there are ways to minimise the pain. Here is a personal viewpoint, ...

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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.