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Have you reached the heady heights of the catalogue, for our July 2020 BoatBid auction yet? We have a tantalising range of boats and a selection of boats to live-a-board or enjoy as a holiday home. In the Midi Canal area of France our Bo...

Our July 2020 BoatBid Auction is live and the bidding has started ! Take a look at the selection of boats entered below, or head to the catalogue on BoatBid.com

Countdown has started for the July 2020 BoatBid auction. This month's BoatBid will open for bids on Monday 6th July at 0900hrs BST and continue through to Sunday 12th July at 1900hrs BST.

A huge "thank you" to Boatshed customer Veronica Jane, who gives us the benefit of her experience, one year on from moving onto her beloved yacht. Well worth a read, if you're thinking about life afloat:

The July 2020 BoatBid auction is open to entries.
The Auction will run from Monday 6th through to Sunday 12th July 2020, and the catalogue will go live on Monday 29th June 2020.

Are you scared of your engines? Don't know what to look at? When did you last have a quick check over them? Ignoring your engines because you're not sure can lead to huge bills, very quickly!

Boatshed Palma international yacht brokers are really pleased to welcome Cecilia Vera to the team!

A short clip to help you make those first checks on your boat, if you've not been able to get on board for a while.

I was fortunate to list this particular boat with some photographs just before the 'lockdown' so the marketing began with limited photos.

A quick video with Boatshed Yacht Brokers, outlining the advantages and disadvantages offered by inboard engines in boats.

Once was during a visit in February to meet my colleagues in Boatshed Suffolk where Spirit Yachts reside. This is where she was designed and built in-house. It was unbelievable to compare the size of the yacht to the actual size of the headqua...

Opportunities like this don't come along very often! If you have a liferaft, do you know what's inside it? This quick video from Boatshed Yacht Brokers shows what's contained in a typical liferaft and what it's used for.

As planned, the April 2020 BoatBid Auction went live this morning and bidding has started.
Take a look at the selection of boats entered below, or head to BoatBid.com

We're still receiving offers for our boats for sale daily! Confinement has meant an increase in our website traffic and we anticipate a very busy time when restrictions are lifted.

A bite sized video showing what a damaged (delaminated and cracked) GRP hull may look like, probably as a result of an impact. If your surveyor finds anything like this, it isn't great news - but the good news is that GRP is very repai...

A cruel twist of fate and a passion for boats are now ingrained in Boatshed’s 20-year history through a chain of events that was to revolutionize the yacht brokerage industry.

Trawler chat with Gary Buck

In celebrating the 20th anniversary of Boatshed.com we take a glimpse into how the business began. But how could co-founders Mandy and Neil Chapman ever have imagined that their dramatic air-sea rescue in a Force 10 storm would become such...

By teaming up with Canalous, the leading French boat builder and hire fleet operator, Boatshed is bringing the best out of boat ownership in France.

9,000 miles, two Atlantic crossings and one amazing experience is how Boatshed CEO Neil Chapman reflects on the past seven months as the Supertaff crew step onto dry land in Lagos.