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Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta starts this Wednesday 24th August

It's Regatta time! Salcombe Town Regatta starts this Sunday 14th August with 7 days of fun for all the family. The first day gets underway with a Fun Run and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Monday is the day to get in the mud with the Mud ...

South Devon College Marine Academy has been presented with a gift of a 22foot long sailing yacht – for students to restore and sail on the River Dart.

Perhaps it’s no great shock to hear that marine crime is on the increase, but particularly worrying is the shear scale of current thefts from boats in Devon and Cornwall. All too often boat crime is seen as ‘a minor inconvenience that the insu...

Part I of this article was a general introduction to AIS and the free AIS website. In this article we’ll examine how AIS works and the benefits of AIS to seafarers.

Boatshed Dartmouth are pleased to make available to their customers a free AIS feed from an associate company, TerraMar Networks. The area covered by the free AIS receiver extends from Start Point to Weymouth, South to Cherbourg and West to Plymo...

With moorings and marina berths still in short supply on the beautiful River Dart, a great alternative facility is available at Blackness Marine. Located on the banks of the West side of the River Dart, between East Cornworthy and Dittisham, Black...

The Boatshed conference 2011 was a great success. Two days spent in and around Portsmouth Dockyard as well as Boatshed HQ in Gosport; with lots of lectures, group meetings and workshops.
Approximately 30 Boatsheds came to the event, travel...

The Classic Channel Regatta takes place from the 25th June to 2nd July 2011 and is a unique event that offers in just one week, a combination of two days racing round the buoys off Dartmouth, two passage races in the Channel and two Round the Isla...

MDL Marinas have announced their special Summer Deals at Dartside Quay. These all inclusive package prices are excellent value and are available from 1st June 2011 through to 31st August 2011.

Boatshed Dartmouth, in association with Baltic Wharf Boatyard are pleased to announce the date for this years Boat Jumble, in aid of Dartmouth RNLI. Saturday 18th June is the date for your diaries.

Try A Boat (Dartmouth) 2011 proved to be a fantastic success. Despite the normal Bank Holiday weather a record number of people took to the water in the variety of boats available.

Boatshed Dartmouth and the organisers of the South West Try A Boat are delighted to announce that the Galeon 280 on brokerage with Boatshed Dartmouth will be moored on the pontoons on the South Embankment Dartmouth for accompanied viewings only by...

The organisers of the South West Try A Boat are delighted to announce that Ribeye will be attending this year’s event bringing with them a total of three of their outstanding Ribs. On the water to try out will be the TS430 and ashore, the A600, ...

The annual British Marine Federation (South West) ‘Try A Boat’ 2011 takes place in Dartmouth on the Bank Holiday weekend of 28-29th May. The event is organised by BMF SW in association with South Devon Marine and is being supported by business...

This week sees Boatshed.com pass the 400,000 registered customer mark.

Plymouth (Devon) was unveiled as the second stop in the inaugural Americas Cup World Series (AC World Series) . The event will be held September 10-18th, 2011 and will feature both fleet and match racing.

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.

Boatshed Dartmouth successfully sold a Moody 425 just before Christmas and her new owner decided that the cockpit seating and sole were really in need of attention as part of his refurbishment of the yacht. The curved nature of the seating had cau...

It’s rare that yachts as well specified and equipped as this Beneteau 473 is, come onto the market. It is rare also to find one with just one owner from new who has used and enjoyed his yacht so much.
She was purchased new in the USA and use...