Boxing Day the 26th of December, saw the conclusion of the 2016 HighTide Series hosted by Antigua Yacht Club and Sponsored by Budget Marine Ltd. The final two races of the series, races 4 and 5, were sailed in boisterous blustery conditions with winds in the 15 to 30 knot+ gusts in the waters just […]
Day 1The first day of the Budget Marine HighTide Series took place in what could be considered to be ‘spirited’ conditions, with the X-mas winds making themselves felt. In the harbour the wind was just north of east averaging 17 knots, gusting to 25, while just outside the harbour the boats were getting up to […]
Thursday the 22nd December dawned with torrential rain but by the time of the start the weather was much improved and we had Easterly winds at 15-20 knots. We had the same 5 boats from Sunday Cricket, Regardless, Biwi Magic, Valient, and Hightide. Two other boats joined in, Sleeper and Miss Tangfog. Biwi Magic had […]
Last Saturday, during the award ceremony of The Grenada Chamber Awards, four members of a total of eleven Budget Marine Grenada staff members went to the event organized by the Grenada Chamber of Industry & Commerce. They were very excited as Budget Marine Grenada comfortably walked away with the award for Excellence in Tourism for […]
The High Tide Series, also known as the Christmas series, has stood out for bringing together visitors and locals in friendly sportsmanlike racing and after race events. Budget Marine is a proud sponsor of this event and invites you to participate in this racing tradition held at the Antigua Yacht Club. The Budget Marine High […]
Nice article about Budget marine in St.Maarten’s newspaper The Daily Herald – Weekender Edition: Here’s the full article: Most successful companies evolve from humbling beginnings and as they grow they need to continually enhance their services. Needless to say this also involves investing in the latest software. Robbie Ferron, Founder of Budget Marine, reports: ‘There […]
“Altair” from St. Barths, was crowned champion boat for 2016 after catching 15 wahoo over the weekend, totaling 528.2 lbs of wahoo caught. This year’s event saw 20 participating boats in the 9th edition of the Budget Marine Wahoo tournament. Fishing teams traveled from Nevis, St.Kitts, Saba, St.Croix, St.Barths, Sint Martin and St.Maarten. On day […]
Team Budget Marine – Micron 99 was the overall winner of the Golden Rock Regatta which was held from the 13thto the 17thof November 2016. This five day, seven race Regatta is held every year with many teams coming especially from the Netherlands to participate. The race course goes from St. Maarten to St. Barths […]
For the first time in the 12 year history of the Sol St. Maarten Optimist Championship, two young girls took home Top Honors in their classes of the event. First place Overall and 1stin the Blue class fleet went to 11 year old Roos Wind from Curacao. First place in the Orange Class went to […]
In November 1996 Budget Marine Trinidad opened for business in an historic building that originally housed 2ndWorld War American military equipment. Robbie Ferron, Founder of Budget Marine, says: ‘The first goals for the company were small, but growth was fast and over the years in these premises there were almost always changes to the interior […]
