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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.

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...

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).

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.

The Pre Summer BoatBid has just finished with another flurry of bidding and boat sales. Yet again we sold some of the boats through Boatshed before the bidding even started but with nearly 3,000 used boats on the Boatshed website BoatBid will alw...

BoatshedBVI www.boatshedbvi.com was once again privileged to race on the beautiful 1962 57’ Abeking & Rasmussen ketch at this year’s Antigua Classic.

The fifth annual Plymouth Sail and Power Show in the UK is set to take place on Saturday 25th to Sunday 26th April 2009.

Using the new Sealift 2 to lift your boat out of the water, is simple, stress free, and really quick and easy.
How does it work, all you do is motor your boat between two arms, which then will close on your topsides. Then a platform is raised...

The 2 day IMOCA AGM was hosted by F.N.O.B in Barcelona with skippers and designers from the open 60 racing world gathered together to improve through experience and discussion.

L'Assemblée Générale de l'IMOCA qui s'est tenue hier, vendredi 17 avril, à Barcelone a donné lieu à plusieurs décisions dans le but de garantir la fiabilité des bateaux, la sécurité des skippers et de conserver un niveau de compétition ...

The Easter holidays are now over and many boats have returned to their moorings. Some will have just been launched and their owners may well have spent the holidays putting the final touches to the winter works before she went back in. Others wi...

Easter always seems to mark the start of the boating season with families leaving their berths for the Easter hols and heading off for their new adventures.

The first ever Gibraltar International Boat Show was held between Thursday 9th and Sunday 12th April 2009 in the Ocean Village marina in Gibraltar.
Boatshed Gibraltar, International Yacht Brokers wrote a timely article for the monthly glossy ...

Boatshed North Wales, International Yacht Brokers are delighted to announce a new team member, Andy Topham. It’s great to welcome Andy, as Boatshed North Wales is now an established brand and is rapidly expanding.