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A fascinating exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chichester Harbour Conservancy is being held in September at Emsworth Museum.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1971, Chichester Harbour Conservancy was set up after pressure from ...

Come and meet the Boatshed.com team at this years PSP Southampton boat show.

Background to the John Davis Memorial Fund

Fri 5 August Solar Heritage Trip: Smugglers
4pm / 1 hour
Are you brave enough to join our trip and hear about the dastardly deeds of days gone by? Stories and fun activities aimed at younger ones and their families. One hour boat trip depa...

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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...

Will it or won’t it be a flaming June? Whatever the weather, make the most of the month by enjoying a visit to Chichester Harbour. On Sunday 5th learn to fish at Dell Quay, on Thursday 9th learn to identify wildflowers or on Wednesday 22nd you c...

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

Keen sailor, Siun Cranny, has been appointed to head Chichester Harbour Conservancy. Siun, will take on this newly created role to lead the well established team at the Harbour Office.

April sees the return of an old favourite - the Cans, Cones & Cardinals boat trip (Sat 16) as well as a brand new event Wild Food on Sat 30.
Sun 10 April Northney Explorer Walk
9:30am / 3 hours
A 4½ mile (7.5 km) walk from Langsto...

Electronically-tagged pebbles have been scattered on the shore at Hayling Island, Hampshire, to track the movement of beach material.
The 2,600 flint pebbles along the 4.9 miles (8km) of coast will be tracked by scientists using GPS scanners. ...

Join us for a great 10 mile walk on Saturday 12th right across the top of the harbour. This would be a good warm up walk if you are planning on booking the Festival of Harbour Walks in May. For more leisurely ways to learn about the harbour, try t...

Boatshed.com were on the water this afternoon for the start this legendary single-handed transatlantic race.

Many thanks to all of you who came to see us at our new office at Birdham Pool Marina at the weekend. We were graced with some lovely sunshine and the rain stayed away completely.

Sometimes, I come to the conclusion you just get too many emails. Anyhow, whilst poring through Friday’s delivery of the odd two or three hundred emails in my inbox, I noticed one titled Rib Raid; nothing to do with technical redundancy on serv...

The last time I heard the phrase “General Strike” was probably during an O-Level History lesson some considerable number of years ago. However, in terms of the impact that these words had on me personally, I can assure you that the UK’s Gene...

UK is one of the new countries to introduce a professional boat sales qualification which has been championed by the Boat Retailers and Brokers Association (BRBA) and the Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents (ABYA) to promote a proper code of ...

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LT COL JOHN Q DAVIS 1947 - 2010

I have to confess that when our destination for the weekend was first announced I wasn’t overly keen; the promise of lovely dog walks and a shopping trip to Chichester convinced me to give it a go and I’m happy to say I am now a complete conve...