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Today we are featuring three boats for sale that have been reduced in price. Each of these boats has an extensive slideshow of images so that you can examine it thoroughly before booking a viewing.

…On Christmas day in the morning.”

Firstly, can I just say that here at Boatshed Essex we don’t advocate getting sozzled and taking your boat out to sea, to find out what the winter weather has in store for you. But a drink with friends on board in the marina, or down at the yach...

In the run up to Christmas we all try to think of the perfect gift that will show our loved ones just how much we care. Imagine their delight when you finally buy that boat you’ve been looking for, at a much reduced price, and are able to give t...

As the old song Happy Talk goes,

Our first featured boat this week is a Prinz 33 Open with a jaw dropping reduction of £17,000! If you’re looking for a Prinz, Mirage or Beneteau boat for sale in Essex we may have the boat you are looking for. Each of these boats has an extensi...

This week we are able to introduce three more boats that have had their asking price reduced. If you’re looking for a Hardy river boat for sale in Essex we may have the boat you are looking for. As with all Boatshed boats we have an extensive sl...

This week we are able to introduce three more boats that have had their asking prices reduced. The Sealine and the Prinz have the added option of a possible part exchange with your current boat. As with all Boatshed boats we have an extensive slid...

My 5 year old daughter has just discovered the classic movie Swallows and Amazons and is happy to watch it over and over on DVD. So it felt like serendipity when I noticed the Victorian boathouse that inspired Arthur Ransome’s books is now up fo...

So this weekend (in case you hadn’t noticed!) it’s the start of the PSP Southampton Boat Show, from 13th to 22nd September.

If the kids are back to school or uni this week perhaps it is now the time to squeeze in a little extra learning for yourself. If you already know how to raise and lower the sails, how to set them to the wind, and what to do with fenders and lines...

This weekend on Sunday 1st September the little village of Battlesbridge on the River Crouch welcomes the annual Essex Boat Jumble and Small Boat Sale. If you’ve never been to one imagine a jumble sale, but full of boating bargains! From 10:00 a...

The last major regatta of the season begins on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Burnham week is 24th to 31st August this year. If you’re not local there’s a choice of local places to stay in Essex.

Summer is here and it’s swimwear weather at last (some of the time!) It’s the perfect time to lose some lbs! Sadly these boats mis-heard me and dropped off the £££’s instead!

It has come to our attention that despite the gorgeous boating weather we’ve been having lately some boats have not had the good fortune to get out on the water. The three boats featured here today contacted us to say they are still searching f...

Just a short journey away from London are the undiscovered waterways of Essex: We have a wealth of canals, navigable rivers and tidal rivers to explore.

This week we are able to introduce three more boats that have had their asking price reduced. Whether you enjoy exploring the inland rivers and creeks, or sailing the Essex coast we may have the boat you are looking for. As with all Boatshed boats...

As of August 1st, new North Sea Shipping Routes are set to come into force. Pleasure craft and performance boats share the North Sea with fishing boats and merchant ships alike, making navigation quite tricky in the high traffic areas.

This week our boats reduced in price include a Vancouver, MG C 27 and a Fairline Targa. As with all Boatshed boats we have an extensive slideshow of images for each boat for sale, so that you can really examine the boat inside and out.

I am having a stressful week. Luckily, sailing is the antidote to stress. Once the ropes are let go you are free from the constraints of modern life and get to spend a bit of quality time with the wind and the water.