What are Boatshed Market's trading hours?

6.30am to 8pm, seven days a week, at 40 Jarrad Street, Cottesloe.

Why is it called Boatshed Market?

The building was a genuine working boatshed. In 1950, Steve Ward began leasing it for five shillings a week and built boats there, including the yacht Australia II, designed by Ben Lexcen for owner Alan Bond, which won the 1983 America's Cup and ended a 132-year winning streak held by the New York Yacht Club.

When did it become a market?

The Boatshed Market was established in 1988 and officially opened by the Mayor of Cottesloe that December, converting the same shed that had built an America's Cup winner five years earlier into a premium fresh food market.

Boatshed Market - Cottesloe, WA

About this market

Boatshed Market trades inside a building with one of the most significant sporting stories in Australian history attached to it. In 1950, Steve Ward began leasing the Cottesloe shed for five shillings a week to build boats, and in 1983 that same shed produced Australia II, the revolutionary 12-metre racing yacht designed by Ben Lexcen for owner Alan Bond that went on to win the America's Cup, ending a 132-year winning streak held by the New York Yacht Club.

From building an America's Cup winner to selling seafood

Five years after Australia II's historic win, the shed found a second life. Boatshed Market was established in 1988 and officially opened by the Mayor of Cottesloe that December, turning the site of one of Australian sport's biggest upsets into a premium fresh food market. In more recent years, partners Craig Skead and Michael Pember added further character to the building, launching the Wine Loft in March 2017, built from four retrofitted shipping containers.

Market at a glance

1950Boat building begins on site

1983Australia II wins the America's Cup

1988Boatshed Market opens

2017Wine Loft added

Reviewers consistently highlight the seafood and butchery counters as genuine standouts, sashimi and wagyu among the specific mentions, a level of quality that feels fitting for a building with this much craftsmanship already built into its walls.

Did you know?

Australia II, the yacht that ended the longest winning streak in international sport, a 132-year America's Cup run by the New York Yacht Club, was built in the very same Cottesloe shed that now sells seafood and wagyu beef as Boatshed Market.

Good to know before you go

Trading seven days a week from early morning until 8pm makes it a flexible option regardless of when a visit fits into the day. The Wine Loft's shipping-container build is worth seeking out for anyone curious how a heritage boatshed keeps finding new ways to reinvent itself.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Boatshed Market's trading hours?: 6.30am to 8pm, seven days a week, at 40 Jarrad Street, Cottesloe.
Why is it called Boatshed Market?: The building was a genuine working boatshed. In 1950, Steve Ward began leasing it for five shillings a week and built boats there, including the yacht Australia II, designed by Ben Lexcen for owner Alan Bond, which won the 1983 America's Cup and ended a 132-year winning streak held by the New York Yacht Club.
When did it become a market?: The Boatshed Market was established in 1988 and officially opened by the Mayor of Cottesloe that December, converting the same shed that had built an America's Cup winner five years earlier into a premium fresh food market.