Antigua’s bold lead in banning the importation and use of all plastic bags, except for those used for garbage collection and disposal, provided the impetus for designing and distributing Budget Marine re-usable bags, not only in Antigua, but also to Budget Marine’s 13 stores located on islands throughout the Caribbean, including Aruba, which recently followed […]
Designed in Sweden with clean looks, a high finish and with no visible internal wiring, the surface of the SUNBEAMsystem ‘Tough’ flexible solar panel is, as the name says, tougher than anything we have seen in the solar industry before. Made to endure tough marine environments, the double UV protection in the flexible panel approaches […]
The 4thannual Dutch Coast Race World Series 2016 was held September 30thto October 2ndin Castricum aan Zee, the Netherlands. It’s a 19km race along the Dutch Coast and this year attracted more than 100 participants from 18 countries. St.Maarten was also represented by Stuart Knaggs, sponsored by Budget Marine, who participated in the masters2 category. […]
Kralendijk, Bonaire.Carlos Coste (VEN)sets New Continental South American Record -69 meters on 5 september in the purest freediving discipline of Constant No Fins (CNF) in 3 minutes 33 seconds (previous record: -65 m). 4 days later on 9 september Carlos broke his own Guinness World Record of 150m (Mexico, 2010) longest distance freedive in open […]
Rounding Cape Horn by RIB! The stuff of dreams, legends, triumph and disaster. Marking their expedition “End of the World”, RIB expedition leader Andy Leeman and AB Inflatables owner and expedition co-leader, Ivor Heyer set out in two RIBs to go from Puerto Montt to Cape Horn. Their boats: an AB Inflatable 24VST and an […]
The inflatable boat we recognize today is a recent development and has only been in its current form since the beginning of the 20th century. However, man has been using the principle of buoyancy aids to cross water derived from air being sealed in a ‘bag’, starting with coated animal skins, for thousands of years. […]
Experience paid off for St. Thomas angler, Gilbert Laban. When the official weigh-in was complete at the 28th Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament, held July 17 at Hull Bay Hideaway, it was Laban who reeled in the Largest Kingfish, a 37.55-pounder, aboard the 34-foot Calypso, Emanuel. Laban was one of 224 anglers, including 32 junior anglers, […]
Budget Marine Grenada now offers a free weekly bus service every Saturday to accommodate boaters wanting to visit the store. It will commence on Saturday July 2nd, 2016 from Whisper Cove Marina at 9:30 am, with further collection points at Nimrod’s near the Woburn dock at 9:40am and also at the entrance to Clarkes Court […]
We are proud to have people in our team that continue to grow and we congratulate Shakeil Norris of Budget marine Antigua for graduating summa cum laude! Shakeil Norris reports: ‘After graduating from high school, it was the driving force of my aunt (Louisa Norris), who inspired me not to settle, but to continue pursuing […]
Nicholas George joined Budget Marine Grenada in January 2003. He had obtained his BSc Economics and brought to Budget Marine his quiet determination, attention to detail, and a polite, unassuming manner which went down well with the customers, although he still had much to learn about the chandlery business. At the time the store was […]
