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Dot dot dash : U ………. are heading into danger - especially if your vessel has no GPS or AIS when sailing in the coastal waters of Irelands East and South East. From 11 January 2011, the use of the foghorn at 9 lighthouses on the south and ea...

It IS a Big Deal!

Well, it's that time of year again . . . the days are getting (ever so slightly) longer, we’ve started to read the sailing magazines again and our minds are turning to getting out onto the water. And, of course, it’s London International Boat ...

The London International Boat Show gets underway on 7th January and runs all the way through to 16th January. This year there are lots of changes with a new hall at Excel, a new entrance and lots of new attractions and features.

Boatshed, the international yacht brokers, has increased its world footprint with the opening of a boat sales operation in Holland. Running the new office is Fred de Vos and his son Lars.

Boats just don’t come much safer than this former US Coast Guard self-righting 44 foot motor lifeboat!

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On January 31, the second edition of the Barcelona World Race will start. This very exciting Round the World race will see 15 teams of 2 crew around the world in a non-stop race. Some outside assistance is permitted, but subject to rules and pena...

Boatshed sails into Lincolnshire.....

Your boat is a precious item to you and so it is very important to make sure it is adequately protected with the right marine insurance for your boat!

Seattle weather forecasters call it a Canadian weather system. Our friends in British Columbia, suffering similarly from the cold, call it an Alaskan weather system. Either way, the Northwest has been blasted with miserable weather -- strong winds...

Seattle is a beautiful city in the day and by night. Neil & Mandy founders of Boatshed took a tour to the Boatshed Seattle office to see how the boat sales business was doing in the North West Pacific area.

The Adventures Of a Bavaria 37 Sailing Boat, from her owners!

More boats please! It may come as a surprise but the market for second hand boats is alive and well with plenty of cash buyers poised (indeed eager) to buy.

Sell Your Boat Now

Barcelona boat show

Which Type is for You

Boatshed.com were on the water this afternoon for the start this legendary single-handed transatlantic race.

This is the first blog in the series we introduced last week, designed to answer many of the stock question about the process of buying, then looking after a boat.

Peter from Boatshed Hamble thought that it would be fun to join Colin for the opening of Boatshed St Malo, and to take in the start of the Route du Rhum.