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The December Boatbid auction starts this Friday at 0900hrs!

The Boatshed brokers are busy bees, but sometimes they ponder what has happened to aboat after it has changed owners, especially when sold to someone who has a specific objective in mind as to why they need a certain vessel.

At Boatshed we pride ourselves on really getting to know the boats we have for sale. This means from time to time we come across vessels with such an interesting history they are worth an extra mention.

Next months auction commences on Thursday 11th December and runs until Tuesday 15th December. There are a large variety of boats for sale, here are just a selection of the boats featured:

As a boat owner, I have always taken out insurance to protect myself against the unknown but I have never really considered breakdown protection.

Congratulations go to Richard Slape. We had thousands of entries to the competition. Ian Dawes Yacht Broker from Boatshed Port Solent, Wendy Barker from Boatshed HQ and Chrissie Capel from Boatshed HQ met Richard and his son Peter at Trafalgar W...

It's an online auction site for used boats where potential customers can bid to purchase the boat of their dreams. BoatBid.com's process means you can bid with confidence, each boat can be surveyed and sea trialled before you make the final decis...

Island Harbour Marina is one of the Solent's best-kept secrets. Situated two miles south of Cowes on the River Medina. Its a peaceful marina with over 200 berths for annual moorings and visiting yachts and great facilities including...

Every year Boatshed exhibit at the Southampton International Boat Show and when I wander around I see so many things that I think would be useful to buy, however is it something I really need and will it just sit in the cupboard? Should I buy ano...

Island harbour Marina have 222 berths, the maximum draught we can take is 2.5 meters. maximum length 20 meters and maximum beam (due to the lock) is 7.5 meters. Lock keepers are always on hand to help you dock, and offer a friendly, person...

Island Harbour marina on the Isle of Wight is accessed through a lock. For a boat with a six foot draft access is from 3 hours either side of High water. Please do contact the Lock Control Tower when you are entering the Folly Reach just up river ...

What ever your next dinghy is, its always a compromise, but getting the balance right for practicality, cost and usability is really important. We look at various types of used dinghies.

We love at Boatshed.com helping Owners sell their boats and matching potential buyers to boats that suit and match their dreams. One of our latest sales was this 2002 Grand Banks 52 Europa, Lying in Italy, which sold for full asking price.

Europe’s largest festival of boating sails into Southampton and Boatshed.com are on their regular stand BO53 enjoying the fun. The Southampton Boat Show is now Europe’s largest outdoor festival of boating with over 2km of pontoons . Now in its...

Look insurance Services today announce it has entered into a strategic partnership with Boatshed. The partnership program will see Look insurance Services providing yacht insurance quotations for Boatshed UK clients and allows a special discount f...

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...

Retiring Lifeboat sold in just 23 days!

Lots of visiting boats are packed into the harbour to attend this years busy event.
The Boatshed ketch and crew are in attendance this year, even Poppet and Gimble got involved with the Dog-agility.
Many of the family favourites – su...

The Boatshed Business Development Team have had a busy first half of the year with new business owner brokers joining the group in Sud Med, Riviera, Penang, Lancashire, Isle of Wight, Brighton, Plymouth and North Wales and it doesn't stop there! ...

Boatshed Portsmouth were privileged to be invited to the UK launch of endurance swimmer Anna Wardley's next swim challenge. The Balearic Swim Challenge, will see her swim more than 130 miles of the Mediterranean sea her biggest challenge yet. The ...