Congratulations go to Richard Slape. We had thousands of entries to the competition. Ian Dawes Yacht Broker from Boatshed Port Solent, Wendy Barker from Boatshed HQ and Chrissie Capel from Boatshed HQ met Richard and his son Peter at Trafalgar Wharf near Port Solent, UK to present the prize. Richard was picked from the entries having correctly answered the following questions:

How many boat buyers are now registered with Boatshed.com? a) 15,000 b) 150,000 c) 600,000.

How many boats did Boatshed sell last year? a) 50 b) 500 c) 1,000+

How much quicker than everybody else do Boatshed sell boats? a) Half as quick b) The Same Speed c) Twice as fast.

The easiest and fastest inflation SUP pump is available from Red Paddle Co. What name have they given it? a) Giant b) Titan c) Colossus.

Where did paddle boarding originate? a) France b) Brazil c) Hawaii.

About our Winner: Tell us about your family Richard:

The family consists of myself, my wife Diana, Peter 15, Katie 16, Lucy and Freya who are twins aged 12. Richard works for an oil company Peter came along with Richard to pick up the prize, a 10' 6" Red Paddle board, the most popular inflatable paddle board in the world! See link below for stockists.

Where do you think you will use the paddle board?

I'm not sure, maybe Frensham Pond (Surrey, UK), but will look for some other places locally or on the South Coast.

What bought you on to the Boatshed stand?

I wanted to sell my boat which is a Monterey 250 CR.

Have you won anything before?

This is by far the biggest and best think so far!

You are selling your boat with Boatshed, how have you found your experience with Boatshed?

It’s been very good –People call you back!! No complaints and works exactly as it should do. Boatshed include lots of pictures and marketing.

Have you ever bought or sold a boat through Boatshed before?

First time but had heard of Boatshed.

Would you recommend Boatshed?

Based on experience so far – Yes for sure!

Are you going to buy another boat Richard?

We are going to wait and see, we might buy a rib.

Don’t forget to get some safety advice before venturing out. There are lots of clubs around the country that run expeditions and races. You can also find lots of tutorials on line.

Sounds good, I will certainly do that!

Richard's boat has only been on the market for a very short time but Ian Dawes (Boatshed Port Solent Yacht Broker) was already able to update Richard on the interest already shown in his boat from potential customers. Ian told Richard how many people were showing an interest and how many times the boat had been viewed. Richard was very impressed with being able to see this information and with being able to keep up to date with this information by logging into his own individual online portal (in the 'My Boatshed' tab on the Boatshed website) to look at information like online views, being able to enter his boat into the online portal or being able to request a call from his broker.

Well done Richard, we hope your enjoy many years of paddle boarding and the health benefits that accompany paddle boarding!

We have over 60 offices around the world http://www.boatshed.com/contact.php find out how to list your boat here http://www.boatshed.com/aboutus/sell-my-boat

Boatshed would like to thank Tushingham Sails for supplying the prize.

UK Stockists: http://www.tushingham.com/sup/where-to-buy

Written and published by Chrissie Capel http://www.boatshed.com/contact-chris-capel