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Gwynedd Council has approved plans aimed at boosting the number of boat owners keeping their powerboats and sailing yachts in Pwllheli Marina, North Wales.

It hasn’t escaped anyone’s attention that we live in very different times and we are being bombarded with news from all directions on a crisis of some sort somewhere.

Imagine effortlessly absorbing the history of the canals by relaxing in a canal-side pub, listening to a couple of folk-singing boaters, complete with waistcoats and flat-caps. This is against a backdrop of projected historical photographs and you...

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A new sailing academy in Pwllheli, North Wales, should boost the local economy to the tune of a million pounds every year.

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Lake Union Floating Home for Sale!

Peter Delbridge and Ian Dawes, (Boatshed Hamble and Boatshed Port Solent) took part in the King and Queen Poker Rib Raid last Saturday in the sunny Solent, in aid of the Hamble River Lifeboat. The Boatshed Blokes borrowed their Avon Rib and 100 Ya...

As part of my Living Aboard series of blog posts I wrote an article titled Is it Cold in Winter?
The past two winters have been exceptionally cold and more of the same is forecast for the end of this year. British Waterways, with assistance fr...

Hannah Bradley is 27 and from Elstead in Surrey.
She has a brain tumour.
Treatment options are limited.
Her life expectancy is unknown...

Classic Ferry for Sale and Still MCA Certified

Chichester Harbour Conservancy has warned that the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is under threat from the Government’s proposed National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

This Kita Pilothouse is a great blue water cruising vessel and would also make a fantastic live-aboard!

Brownies and Guides have been earning new badges during action packed evenings at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Following my previous blog outlining some basic information about living aboard and continuous cruising, British Waterways has since updated their guidelines for boats without a home mooring. The previous guidance was first published in 2004. Howe...

Boatshed Bourgogne and Boatshed MidiCanals proudly announce that they have been officially recognised by the Federation des Industries Nautiques (the French equivalent of the BMF). After a meeting of regional delegates the application was appro...

Boatshed Bourgogne et Boatshed Midicanals sont heureux d’annoncer l’acceptation de leur dossier d’adhésion à la Fédération des Industries Nautiques. Lors d’une assemblé régionale leur statut de membres provisoires a été transform�...

Boatshed Costa Brava, based in Empuriabrava, threw its doors (and pool) open to their friends, colleagues and associates earlier this year for an evening of much merriment, games & chat at the first Boatshed Costa Brava ‘End of Summer Party�...