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Skegness RNLI volunteers raced to rescue eight people cut off by tide last weekend (9May21) shortly before high water. Reports had come in of multiple stranded people.

GetMyBoat, the world’s largest boat rental and water experience marketplace, has reported record business growth in 2021. From January through April 2021, GetMyBoat says it achieved 700% year-over-year growth, with the rate accelerating eac...

Princess Cruises says while it continues to work with various government and port authorities to finalise its return to cruising, the company is already cancelling a selection of cruises.

The Ultimate Boat Company says it is racing ahead with its revolutionary sustainable material, Danu, as the recyclable composite material of choice for its mixed double-handed offshore keelboat.

Wooden Boats has created a new WB 10.70m LimoTender which features a movable deckhouse – specifically so it can be comfortably stowed in the garage of a superyacht.

A SpacePort feasibility project, funded by the Geospatial Commission in partnership with Innovate UK, says it has successfully concluded that a geospatial data platform can significantly streamline port operations. This will then improve efficien...

Giles Scott says he will ‘regroup’ for the upcoming Olympic Games after a ‘disappointing’ ninth-place finish at the Finn World Championships.

With demand increasing for tender chocks to work in harmony with guest areas and crane locations, Shipyard Supply Co’s new hover chocks are ideal for yachts requiring an efficient yet flexible tender stowage system.

‘In-person’ dates for marine events in 2021.

Every year, around 150 people die at the coast around the UK and Ireland. Last year, the RNLI launched more than  8,000 times to those in need of help. 

However, research by Helly Hansen, a partner of the RNLI, has revealed that UK boa...

Lerwick has been selected to be a host port for the spectacular Tall Ships Races for the third time.

The Races are expected to visit Lerwick, the only Scottish location, from 26 – 29 July, 2023. The isles previously hosted the event in 199...

Last week Boatshed Brighton sold this Nauticat 33 Mk 2 built in 1987.

Our June 2021 BoatBid auction is open and ready to take entries.

The South Coast Boat Show was deemed a great success by both organisers and exhibitors, with nearly 700 appointments booked by 500 buyers over the three-day event.

The appointment only show was one of the first boat shows to take place in a phys...

The New York Yacht Club has submitted a challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, New Zealand.

The New York Yacht Club won the America’s Cup in 1851 and successfully defended the Cup 26...

The Cruising Association, through its local representatives, has helped to make cruising to France easier, post-Brexit.

Since leaving the EU, boats arriving in France from the UK or Channel Islands are required to sail to one of a small number o...

Olympic champion Hannah Mills believes she and teammate Eilidh McIntyre have even more to give as they claimed the runner-up spot at the 470 European Championships, their last big regatta before Tokyo 2020.

The Rio 2016 gold medallist said she a...

Andy started with Boatshed in 2009 as an agent for North Wales and soon after, becoming the franchise owner.. move on a few years and Andy can now be found managing many of the Caribbean Boatshed offices from his base in St Lucia.

The RYA has been awarded a further £150,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund which aims to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 and the widening of the inequalities in sport and physica...

Tickets for the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, taking place in Plymouth over 17 – 18 July, are now available.

Following the action-packed season opener in Bermuda in April, with a triumphant win for Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailG...