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 […]
Sailors battled it out on June 6th during the 12th edition of the Budget Marine Challenge in Curacao for the coveted Budget Marine Challenge Cup. The Budget Marine Challenge in Curacao is characterized by a downwind start at the inshore Spanish water in the first part of the race and an unusual, spectacular starting method […]
To all Garmin customers with the following Garmin devices: Garmin echoMAP™ 50/70 series and GPSMAP® 5×7/7×1/8×0/10×0 series chartplotters with software versions 6.00, 6.10, and 6.20 Garmin GPSMAP 74xx/76xx series chartplotters with software versions 7.00, 7.10, and 7.20 Garmin has recently discovered an issue on the above mentioned Garmin devices. This issue may cause the internal […]
The Second Annual Lagoonies regatta, held on Saturday 25th June, was an outstanding event. It’s a one day, one design event that was marked this year with very close sailing, intensely challenging conditions, an outstanding regatta lunch and passionate expressions of the race experience at the after party. Lagoon winds were as usual shifty. But […]
Born and schooled in Guyana, Louisa is one of 9 siblings. From an early age she demonstrated her will to learn and engaged in workshops and certification programs, finding employment at a huge bauxite company (LINMINE) at the age of 19, where she started as a typist and was later promoted to supervisory level. After […]
Sailboats have harnessed the power of the wind for thousands of years to propel their vessels on the high seas. Today, with the assistance of small wind turbines, wind power is being used not only for propulsion, but also to charge the battery banks of sailboats and yachts without the use of an alternator or […]