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The 2011 Trawler Fest - Anacortes, organized by PassageMaker Magazine is May 12 – 14.

Stranded Sailor’s Praise for Brixham Coastguard and RNLI

Built in Paglesham in Essex by the Shuttlewood brothers in 1903, this is one of the few remaining Thames Sailing Barges. Pagelsham Creek was the final resting place of HMS Beagle and local legend has it that this vessel is partly constructed from ...

Its come round to this time of year, your boats hull is weedy, she is sluggish under power and takes time to respond, plus urgently needs to be scrubbed off and anodes all checked for the new seasons sailing.

Plymouth, Devon is to host a stage of the America’s Cup World Series 2011

Pacific Seacraft is well known and highly regarded for their sturdy, heavily-built, sea-worthy, offshore cruising sailboats, designed by Bill Crealock. In fact, Fortune Magazine identified Pacific Seacraft as a producer of America’s 100 best pro...

Keen sailor, Siun Cranny, has been appointed to head Chichester Harbour Conservancy. Siun, will take on this newly created role to lead the well established team at the Harbour Office.

By Ian Dawes, Boatshed Port Solent

2010/11 Review

After huge expansion of the group over the past few years the Boatshed.com team have opted for a new form of transport, with 15 luxuriously-appointed offices the new Boatshed Head Quarters is due to be commissioned this month.

Come and see Boatshed holland at the Hiswa second hand boatshow at the Bataviahaven in Lelystad from 15 - 17 april.

A Southern Expedition claims ‘new found land’ in Needles Channel

Les Plus Grandes Marées d’Europe!
Phénoménale…. Un coef de 118 et un marnage de plus de 13m lundi 21 mars à St Malo. C’est impressionnant. La topographie de la Baie de Mont St Michel fait que c’est ici ou on voie les plus grandes m...

There are boats and then there are yachts with interesting histories.

Many years ago I bought myself a Moody 31 at the London Boat Show. It was during a period in my career when I was based in London. "Shamal" was kept at Swanwick Marina on the Hamble a 2 hour drive from London. The Solent is a great place...

So, you’ve decided to buy the boat of your dreams and now you need a survey. You phone up a number of surveyors to find out the cost. You read up on forums about people grumbling about what a survey costs. So what do you get with your survey and...

This boat could be your BEST CATCH!

For anyone wavering about work, thinking about employment or just inquisitive about a new income - then joining Boatshed Essex could be just the thing.

Préparation pour la saison.