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Selling a boat doesn’t have to be stressful or time consuming. Modern technology means there are now many ways to get your boat for sale seen right across the internet, promoted on websites and blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Here, Peggy Melmoth, ...

It’s that time of year again when we fondly look back on the 12 months just gone by and round-up the best of the blog here for you: Our 2013 year in review includes canal news, customer interviews and our useful ‘how to’ guides.

Now that November is here the boat stoves are lit and the chimneys of live-aboards on the Grand Union Canal are releasing comforting little puffs of smoke. I love the smell of burning solid fuel when taking a winter walk down the towpath.

After inviting Mark from Gongoozled over to our place last week to tell us about his interactive online boating community, I thought it would be nice to get sociable and invite more boaters around to our place. Did you see the Boatshed Grand Union...

My name is Mark from Gongoozled.com and after recently discovering Boatshed, Peggy has kindly allowed me to tell you a little about my boating website.

The end of September saw the launch of the newly-formed Association of Continuous Cruisers, an independent organisation offering support, advice and advocacy to its members.

If you won’t be using your boat all year round then September is the time to begin thinking about winterising your narrowboat or canal boat before the cold weather sets in. Water in the pipes can freeze during the winter. If the pipes expand too...

Pricing your second hand boat for sale can be tricky – especially without the advice of someone who really knows the current market. You know you won’t get what you paid for it, but you don’t want to lose too much on it either. After all you...

As our brokerage continues to expand we are happy to say that we are not lacking in customers. At the last count we had 11,217 people registered with Boatshed Grand Union, looking for a boat for sale. To meet this increasing demand we are always ...

I’ve got that Facebook feeling, you know the one. When you just pop over to Facebook for a minute and before you know it you’ve become intrigued by pictures and discussions and an hour has gone by…

Some of the canal boats for sale at Boatshed Grand Union come with a mooring, and some don’t. If the boat that you’re looking at does not already have a mooring there are three options available to you.

If you’ve not yet taken this year’s holiday the weather is now perfect for planning a canal boat cruise.

I’ve been a devoted narrowboater since the year 2000, living aboard and loving all things canal and waterways related. It would never have crossed my mind that one day I might need a yachting lawyer.

One of my friends living aboard as a continuous cruiser very much enjoyed being able to moor up at some idyllic rural location, with not another boat to be seen around. Imagine his surprise one day then to find that a mother and young child had d...