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It's the final weekend of the Southampton Boatshow....

BoatBid Auction - 15th to 19th September - Bidding has begun!

Boatshed offices in the Caribbean are currently experiencing very difficult circumstances. Our thoughts are with the families and members of the boatshed team caught up in the very challenging circumstances.

Boatshed offices in the Caribbean are currently experiencing very difficult circumstances.

September Boatbid Auction Open's Soon!

Red Paddle Co – the worlds leading inflatable SUP manufacturer have teamed up with Boatshed.com – International Yacht Brokers to offer you the chance to WIN an inflatable Paddleboard (SUP). Click here to Win a Paddleboard

Come and meet our team of experts that The YachtMarket Southampton boat show this year - 2017. We have some really interesting classic boats, with amazing histories, some superb blue water cruisers in exotic locations and RIB experts on hand to answer your queries about inboard or outboard, deep V or shallow, etc, plus...

After a long wait, HMS Queen Elizabeth finally arrived in Portsmouth Harbour this morning at 0710hrs. She was greeted with a flotilla of boats and thousands of people lined the shores to catch a glimpse of the biggest warship ever built for the Royal Navy.

September Boatbid Catalogue

Seattle BoatBid Auction - 11th to the 15th August - Bidding has begun!

Boatshed supports screening of the film Vanishing Sail - A Dramatic Tale of the Caribbean Sailing Tradition wins support from creative boat seller Portsmouth, UK. Boatshed, the world’s largest yacht brokerage, announces its partnership with Indian Creek Films for the August 6 screening of the film Vanishing Sail-Five years in the making, Vanishing Sail is the story of how the centuries-old tradition of sailboat building was kept alive in the Grenadine islands.

Authentic ship smell ?

Image: Sailing Energy/World Sailing

BoatBid Auction - 14th to the 18th July - Bidding has begun!

The next auction runs from Friday 14th July 2017 until Tuesday 18th July 2017.

As its name implies it is NOT a race as such but an opportunity to pitch up your vessel amongst others and see how you fair. Participating vessels range in length, design and capability which determines your start time smallest first, with the aim of finishing at about the same time.

The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race, or OSTAR, is an east-to-west yacht race across the North Atlantic, inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single-handed ocean yacht race. It is run from Plymouth to the Newport in the USA and is held every four years.
The Boatshed Performance team sailed into Plymouth today to get a report at the low key start.
The race is westwards against the prevailing winds of the north Atlantic over a distance of around 3,000 nautical miles.

The Boatshed ketch gets quite a bit of use and this season is no exception,
visiting Boatshed locations, attending Boatshed events and generally serving as Neil and Mandy Chapman's personal floating island.
Sometimes the stress of pre-season lift out. wash off and antifouling can make this nautical lifestyle a little less enjoyable. Sealift helps remove some of these hassles.
Mandy and Neil have always been big fans of the Sealift facilities. "We have been using these machines for many years and have always found the experience much less stressful than cranes, hoists or drying against a wall" says Neil. "Drive the boat in and let buoyancy do the work, you can sit back with a coffee and enjoy the view. It's a bit like going to the carwash!" is how Mandy Chapman describes it.