With Budget Marine staff competing in three different classes during last weekend’s 36th Heineken Regatta we can truley say “We’re boaters at Budget Marine!” It was yet another close race between the St.Maarten knights and longtime rivals Sir Bobby Valasquez on his beneteau 45, L’Esperance, finishing just ahead of our founder Sir Robbie Ferron racing […]
Roeland van Bijnen, manager of Budget Marine Curacao reports: “Over the last few weeks we have been working hard to change the layout of the back of Caracasbaaiweg sales floor. We have so many products in the store and it’s not always easy to find the right way to display them in the right way […]
Seen in the Daily Herald Special of March 1stWritten by Robert Luckock Beach cats will be racing in the 36th St.Maarten Heineken Regatta for the first time since they last participated in the event in 2008. It will be a small fi eld of just six F18 boats, possibly eight, by the time registration closes, […]
TeamGo up the Roadwas rewarded for a hard day’s work in the annual Budget Marine TTGFA Wahoo Blowout that was held recently at the Trinidad and Tobago Yacht Club (TTYC) on February 20thand 21st, 2016. One hundred and twenty eight anglers competed on thirty boats along the North Coast and the Grande Boca off the […]
At the end of Registration on Tuesday 19th January 2016, fifty (50) of the best sport fishing boats from the region and beyond, were berthed at the Grenada Yacht Club and at Port Louis Marina to participate in the Budget Marine Spice Island Billfish Tournament. The boats came from Tobago, Trinidad, Barbados, St Lucia, St. […]
With fun dinghy racing for all the family, three days of competitive round the cans keel boat racing plus a new offshore race featuring one of the world’s fastest multihulls, the Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta in Antigua was the place to be. Budget Marine once again sponsored this fun regatta that continues to gain momentum […]
Whilst the United States and Europe were suffering severe cold, a small group of sailors enjoyed an outstanding regatta in idyllic conditions when racing from Simpson Bay, Dutch Sint Maarten to the very protected and hospitable marina at Anse Marcel on French Saint Martin in the Budget Marine Challenge. Starting off in stiff breezes they […]
The 28thBonaire International and Local Fishing Tournaments were each a fantastic success. The International tournament, which is a catch and release tournament targeting bill fish, saw 24 participants, from Aruba, Curacao, Venezuela and Bonaire. All boats started facing south to cross the imaginary line which was quickly followed by a turn, as nearly all headed […]
Budget Marine Antigua hosted “Three is a charm, Customer Appreciation Social’ on December 17th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on the lawns of the Jolly Harbour store.The event was well attended by customers based at the three locations around the island. They came in golf carts, cars, off their boats and on foot to enjoy good […]
A small but competitive fleet enjoyed some brisk but manageable winds for Antigua Yacht Club’s High Tide Series that was sailed for the 24thtime this year. The five races over three days were all in brisk winds, although the final day had the edge with wind speeds over 20 knots. The final race brought back […]
