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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.
MS Amlin Yacht confirm sponsorship of the 2019 Round the Island Race
Thursday, 07 February 2019Boat insurance specialists MS Amlin Yacht will continue its partnership with The Round the Island Race, which regularly attracts more than 1,400 boats and 15,000 sailors.
As official insurance partners, MS Amlin will extend racing cover to all t...
B&G V60
Thursday, 31 January 2019The B&G V60 mid-level VHF radio includes a large, intuitive interface, built-in AIS receiver, a front mountable mechanical design for easy installation and optional wireless handsets. With its integrated GPS receiver, the V60 now has four ways...
Mercury Marine celebrates 80th anniversary
Monday, 28 January 2019Mercury Marine will celebrate its 80th anniversary throughout 2019 with events around the world, reflecting on its strong heritage of innovation and leadership in the marine industry.
On 22 January 1939, E. Carl Kiekhaefer purchased a bankrupt e...
Neil Chapman starts the two handed ARC across the Atlantic to St Lucia
Tuesday, 27 November 2018Neil Chapman Co Founder and CEO of Boatshed.com is doing the double-handed ARC crossing from Las Palmas to St Lucia 2018 with Curt Mundy from Boatshed Ireland.
First fully up-cycled mooring rope launches
Tuesday, 20 November 2018Marlow Ropes has launched the first premium sustainable mooring rope made using 100 per cent recycled plastic.
The Blue Ocean Dockline is the first ‘technically better’ premium dockline rope manufactured using yarn wholly made from p...
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede facing fresh storm
Wednesday, 14 November 2018What Does An Inflating Life Raft Look Like?
Wednesday, 14 November 2018A nice quick light-hearted video taken at a recent Brighton Marina Yacht Club Class, that shows what happens when you inflate your life raft. Might be useful for you...
Waterline Boats / Boatshed Featured Boat – HI-Star 40 Sedan
Sunday, 11 November 2018HI-Star 40 Sedan
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The lifeboat heroes of World War one who saved over 200 lives
Sunday, 11 November 2018Strombolian Eruptions.
Thursday, 08 November 2018We had stood on the edge of the Isola di Vulcano crater to admire the steam and hydrogen sulphide gas emanating from its guts but it seemed a timid volcano. From the top of the crater we had spied the much more active eruptions of Stromboli some 2...
RYA Dinghy Show – Sailing greats announced as 2019 hosts
Tuesday, 06 November 2018Dates for the 2019 FAST40+ Season
Tuesday, 06 November 2018The fourth edition of the FAST40+ Race Circuit promises more thrilling high speed action for the owner-driver class. There will be six scoring rounds including the HYS FAST40+ National Championship and the One Ton Cup. In a change to previous cham...
Why you should sell your boat with Boatshed
Monday, 22 October 2018At Boatshed, we don’t ‘sell boats,’ we help great people and great boats to find each other.
Rolex Middle Sea Race prepares in Valletta
Thursday, 11 October 2018The 2018 golden jubilee edition of Malta’s most famous yachting event promises to be the biggest ever. The Rolex Middle Sea Race, which this year marks the 50th anniversary of its founding, will again start from the historic Grand Harbour, i...
Why Register with Boatshed?
Wednesday, 10 October 2018We are always told that Boatshed's website and online platform for the sale of boats is 'the best in the industry', but our technical engineers are always trying to improve it. We have added new features to our website and boat search system to ma...
eSail® Sailing Simulator
Tuesday, 09 October 2018 Officially launched at a hands-on live presentation at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, eSail® Sailing Simulator teaches you how to sail a 36′ sailing yacht, explore the sea around a collection of islands and take part in challenges and races...The underexplored underwater
Monday, 03 September 2018Our planet is primarily water; the seas cover 71% of the Earth. NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Centre estimates the world’s water comes to around 321,003,271 cubic miles.
That’s a huge portion of our world, so just what is lu...
Dartmouth Sailing Week
Monday, 13 August 2018Dartmouth Sailing Week is one of the most enjoyable and welcoming events in Devon’s saili...
GGR Peche heads for Cape Town
Monday, 13 August 2018How Oyster could relaunch… as told by a relaunch professional
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