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A recent competition for the “best job in the world” was won by a Brit, as caretaker on an island in Australia, we think we have gone one better, sun sea sand and boats, lots of boats. All this just two and a half hours from central Europe, we...

Neil and Mandy Chapman were invited to celebrate the retirement of Dan O'dwyer, Coxswain of the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat.
Dan and the crew of the Courtmacsherry lifeboat received a bronze medal for the rescue of Neil and Mandy and their cousin ...

With the excellent summer and boat sales at an all time high you wonder where the credit crunch is?

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the charity that provides a 24-hour lifesaving service around the UK and Republic of Ireland. Last year RNLI lifeboats rescued almost 8,000 people, an average of 21 people a day.

The “Next Generation of Sailors” competes in Slovenia – the European Optimist Championship (EOC) in Piran, begins….

Church Stretton is probably as far from the sea as you can get in England. Mandy Chapman from Boatshed.com HQ office in Gosport was visiting the area for the day and was asked to help with the RNLI fund raising the local town.

Phew what a week that was! The fourth BoatBid online boat auction has just ended. We’ve had 32 used motor and sailing boats being auctioned online over the past 5 days and we’ve been busy answering all your questions and helping everyone to ...

Interest in the fourth BoatBid.com online boat auction is really hotting up. All our Boatshed.com brokers, who are handling the individual sales for the used boats in the auction, have been really busy answering questions and arranging viewings o...

Boatshed BVI , International Yacht Brokers has seen a massive increase in European inquiries for good value yachts for sale with people either wanting a cruising sabbatical through the Caribbean islands or purchasers who are looking to ship their ...

Blue skies, 30 fast women & some great sailing boats - Boatshed Dalmatia attends Croatia’s first ever Women’s Match Race (WMR)

There’s just over a week to go before the next BoatBid.com boat auction which has almost 40 used boats of all types going under the virtual hammer. We have everything from pretty little wooden yachts to big powerful motor cruisers and all types...

At BoatBid we have all kinds of used boats for sale in our auctions. We have used power boats and used sailing boats ranging from dainty little yachts to very stylish sports cruiser. Craft suitable to water ski behind and ones for yacht racing, w...

At 1230 BST H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, fired the start gun for this years Original Single Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR).

One of Boatshed Dalmatia’s boats sales strengths in selling boats in Croatia and Slovenia is that they focus exclusively on selling used boats.

Over one hundred and fifty canal boats crammed together at Little Venice in the centre of London of a beautifully warm bank holiday weekend. This year’s Canalway Cavalcade saw a record turnout in both boat and visitor numbers and Boatshed Grand ...

I write this with a westerly gale raging outside but summer is only just around the corner. The Boat Bid team have been working hard selecting a fantastic range of used motor and sailing boats for the summer auction. There’s just a week to go ...

To find out just what it’s like to buy or sell a boat through BoatBid I caught up with Steve Booth of Boatshed Essex who is now in the process of finalising the sale of the Stewart 24 Quarter Tonner from the last BoatBid auction.

106 Boats Under Offer, awaiting surveys