Articles

Navigating the waters of boat valuation can seem daunting, whether you're contemplating a sale, dealing with an inheritance, or involved in legal and financial assessments. Boatshed, with its extensive experience cataloguing over 35,000 boats and ...

It's time to celebrate! Boatshed is a quarter-century old. Back in 1999, we were just a tiny office in Wales, fuelled by caffeine and a love for the ocean. Our website looked like it was built by a particularly artistic hamster on a sugar rush...

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At Boatshed we pride ourselves in going the extra mile to ensure the process of buying and selling a boat is as easy as possible for our customers. We love to work with marine businesses locally, nationally and globally.

You've come to the decision to sell your pride and joy. You have contacted your local Boatshed broker to get her listed. What are you going to do to make your boat look fabulous to potential buyers?

Welcome to a series of interviews we are pleased to be presenting, from a range of people working, managing and enjoying the coastline, rivers and inland waters of the beautiful county of Essex. To start off with we are pleased to hear from Mick ...

Seasickness is something that sadly most of us will encounter at some point in our enjoyment afloat and there are a multitude of ideas about how to cope. Tom Cunliffe discusses some of his experience and advice here, including his own mini, scien...

Imagine you could do a favour for a friend or someone you know by helping them to sell their boat.

Our BoatBid online boat auction site provides the perfect platform for specialist boat auctions for a versatile range of boats from Cruising boats to Commercial, classic wooden boats to luxury motor yachts, houseboats, inland waterways, contact us...

Getting regular updates from your yacht broker about sales activity on your boat is vital. As well as regular broker contact Boatshed offer all boat owners a secure area where they can obtain live information on the activity, viewings and sales da...

An important part of what we do at Boatshed is help our owners’ boats stand out from the crowd and attract serious interest in a busy, often crowded marketplace. The strength of our website and IT platform, and the attention and importance our b...

Are you thinking of selling your boat?

You can trawl the internet looking for the best tips and advice on how to sell a boat; but we like to keep things simple here. This is our minimalist guide to selling a boat.

Buying a previously-loved boat can feel like a bit of a gamble, as you wonder how well the boat’s owner has maintained the bargain boat of your dreams. But whether you’re looking for coastal cruising, inland boating, quiet fishing or family fu...

Last month it was reported that criminal gangs were responsible for a series of boat and engine thefts in Essex and Suffolk. Many stolen engines actually end up abroad.

Police in Sweden have recently managed to trace the owner of a luxury yacht left in a harbour for two years. The wealthy owner says he had forgotten about it! The £65,000 boat was moored close to Sweden’s border with Norway and the keys were le...

I just saw a picture on Facebook of a woman undertaking a diesel engine maintenance course. It got plenty of 'likes' and some positive comments from men who “like to see women getting involved”!

It may be that you’re not sure yet if you want to sell or not, yet you’d like an idea of the current value of your boat and what the second hand boat market is like at the moment. If you need advice on any aspect of selling a boat you may like...

If you’re thinking about selling your boat this year, don’t delay – boats are selling in Essex right now! The right buyer could be searching online today, while you’re continuing to pay boat insurance and hard standing or berthing fees. At...