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Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to offer for sale a Monterey 218LC. This is great looking sports boat and has the distinct advantage of a diesel inboard. She is also fitted with Eberspacer cabin heating – a nice touch indeed with outlets in the s...

Yesterday was a perfect sailing day with a westerly F5 gusting F6. We were taking a Jeanneau 54DS out for a shakedown sail after some adjustments to the in-mast furling gear. We decided to unfurl in the harbour as there were lumpy seas beyond the ...

There is a lot of information on the internet about living on narrowboats, barges or canal boats. We have a selection of narrowboats for sale on the inland waterways and we also have Dutch barges and more unusual boats, barges and project boats fo...

A lot of the second hand boats we have for sale in Essex are sailing boats. We have Moody yachts for sale, racing yachts for sale, Jeanneau boats for sale and much more. When you’re thinking of berthing or mooring your yacht do you ever find you...

I imagine every broker has a boat on their books that stands out above the rest, ..........Well here's mine.

Here is an ideal opportunity, courtesy of Boatshed Port Solent, to acquire one of the most well respected and sought-after boats afloat today!

We at Boatshed Port Solent like to keep a weather eye on the Queen’s Harbour Master’s Notices to Mariners. Now folks, Notices to Mariners are usually pretty boring, but if you take the trouble to look, you might even find a fun day out – loo...

Despite a rather wet couple of days, in the middle of the week long show, the attendance was better than expected during the global financial crisis at the 24th Empuriabrava used boats show here in the Costa Brava, Spain. We managed to convince so...

Pacific Nor’West Boating – Adventuring Afloat in the Pacific Northwest is a new e-magazine and home to well-known editor and marine writer Chuck Gould!

As you may well know, we are based at Fambridge Yacht Haven; a charming location on the River Crouch, set in the beautiful Essex countryside. Fambridge Yacht Haven have recently joined the RYA Active Marina Programme which aims to encourage Berth ...

Some of Madoc Yacht Club members from Clwb Rhwyfo Porthmadog, North Wales will row from Arklow in Ireland to Aberystwyth as part of the Celtic Challenge sometime between May 4th-7th weather permitting. It’s a gruelling 100 mile race across the I...

What an awesome sight for the residents of Ipswich Haven Marina to wake up to this Thursday morning. So many tall ships they're rafted 3 deep against the quayside at Ipswich.

That’s right; you know you enjoy those long bank holiday weekends, sailing or boating with friends, but have you ever thought what you’re really buying in to?

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to offer for sale a beautifully crafted, UK built, performance, gaff-rigged Heir Island Sloop day boat. 23 boats have been built and most are sailed in SW Ireland and raced in Baltimore Harbour. When asked by the own...

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to offer for sale what is really a nearly new Beneteau Antares 750HB. As you can see from the detailed photos at Boatsheddartmouth.com some of the boats inventory has not been used – the covers are still on both th...

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to offer for sale a Trophy 2052. The boat is presented in very clean and tidy condition and of greatest importance is the fact that the engine and outdrive was replaced in 2008. The engine has only done about 150 hou...

I love the charm and history of the old working boats, even though I know that the reality of life for a working narrowboat family was a perpetual struggle of hard graft and making ends meet. Not to mention the accidents at work and the short life...

Waterline Boats / Boatshed Seattle has several select wooden-hulled boats in its brokerage inventory.
Would you consider wood? Don’t be so quick to say “no.” The fact is that you can get a lot of boat for your dollar when purchasing wood...

As we wake our precious craft from their winter slumber, ready to take on the new boating season with zest, their can be nothing more infuriating than a flat battery!