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This is where we publish our boat related stories and articles, which range from world circumnavigation to rescue missions, humour and much, much more. So make yourself a coffee and settle yourself down to a good read.
April BoatBid Auction
Wednesday, 14 February 2018The April BoatBid auction will run from the 13th to the 17th April.
February BoatBid - Auction Open!
Friday, 09 February 2018The February BoatBid auction is open.
February BoatBid - Catalogue Open
Wednesday, 10 January 2018February BoatBid - Catalogue Published
Poor Seamanship
Tuesday, 09 January 2018On Wednesday 3rd January 2018 the Gibraltar Chronicle carried a story headlined “Top life-saving award for local pensioner”. It was a heart warming story but dig deeper and there was a catalog of appalling errors and poor seamanship waitin...
February BoatBid - Don't Forget To Enter!
Friday, 22 December 2017February BoatBid - Entries Close 31/12/2017
February BoatBid - Open To Entries
Wednesday, 13 December 2017Entries Close 24th December.
December Boatbid - Auction Open!
Friday, 08 December 2017December Boatbid - Place Your Bid!
December BoatBid - A Preview
Wednesday, 22 November 2017December BoatBid - A Preview
Cabin Fever in Gibraltar - A Treatment.
Sunday, 12 November 2017How does one cope with the stresses of living within the confines of a small or medium sized sailing yacht berthed at Gibraltar? Once you have visited all of the many places of historical or cultural interest, climbed Mediterranean Steps and intr...
December BoatBid - Preview Catalogue Live
Wednesday, 08 November 2017December BoatBid Catalogue
Winterising Your Boat
Tuesday, 31 October 2017Winter is almost here...
December BoatBid - Entries Close 29th October
Friday, 20 October 2017December Boatbid - Entries Close 29/10
December BoatBid - Entries Now Open
Monday, 09 October 2017Entries Close 29th October.
Ultimate Boat Porn with Boatshed Archive
Thursday, 05 October 2017Boatshed are launching a beta version of the Boatshed Archive, essentially a back catalogue of the 24,000+ boats we’ve been involved in selling. This is a great resource for people looking for boats, with each boat containing up to 100 photos, f...
Boatshed chosen to showcase at the world's largest technology show - WEB SUMMIT
Thursday, 05 October 2017November 2017 sees the Boatshed technology team travel to Lisbon for 5 days at Web Summit Exhibition. Boatshed have been invited to feature their leading boat sales technology platform alongside the likes of Facebook Uber and Amazon. Chosen out o...
Jeanne Socrates - Forced To Abandon Record Attempt
Monday, 02 October 2017Jeanne Socrates - Injured in fall
Grand Pavois Boat show at La Rochelle
Friday, 29 September 2017Boatshed is attending Grand Pavois boat show in La Rochelle, France - a 6 day event running from the 27th September to 2nd October 2017. It is the most important event of its type in France and will showcase a huge range of equipment and servi...
Why Fit a Staysail?
Thursday, 14 September 2017On the way to and from the Azores in August 2016 we experienced wind speeds of over 30 knots at times. As we reefed down the mainsail and genoa to hankie size two things seemed to happen. Firstly the genoa, not designed, to be reefed to such a sma...
Hurricane IRMA Appeal - How can you help?
Monday, 11 September 2017Boatshed 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.
Lessons of Ocean Sailing
Monday, 31 July 2017A year ago today Citadel, a Jeanneau 54DS, set off from Gibraltar for the Azores. During the month of August in 2016 we sailed 2000 miles (a thousand each way) and spent 2 weeks cruising the anchorages and bars of the Azores. It was a wond...
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