On day 3 of the 2016 Antigua Sailing Week, Team Budget Marine – Micron 99 was lying 3rd in CSA Racing 7, one of the bigger classes with 13 competitors. Robbie Ferron says this was: ‘Thanks to the cool crew. Steve and Dan the steady foundation, Shak the local recruiter and supporter, Guy the do […]
In April Budget Marine, Spice Island Marine and Oscar Cain of Onboard Refrigeration & Electrical Systems came together to plan bi-weekly Tech Bench sessions for cruisers. Nicholas George, manager of Budget Marine Grenada, reports: ‘Oscar Cain, who works very closely with both Spice Island Marine Services and Budget Marine Grenada, came to me a few […]
It is with great pleasure that Budget Marine Trinidad’s Manager, Risa Hall Lequay, announced the opening of a new Budget Marine outlet located at the Trinidad & Tobago Yacht Club (TTYC) on Western Main Road, Bayshore, gathering place for many of T&T’s top sport fishermen and leisure boaters. The store opened its doors unofficially on […]
All yachts clearing in and out of St Martin can now make use of a new, dedicated Customs computer system, where you do your own entry, print it out and then have it stamped by a Customs officer, or the owner of the establishment where the computer is located. Budget Marine L’Ile Marine has one […]
After months of people coming into the store just before closing time and asking for the hours to be extended, Budget Marine Jolly Harbour is officially changing its opening hours. Louisa Norris, manager of Budget Marine Antigua, reports: ‘We heard you! There were many occasions where we unofficially stayed open up to 2pm even if […]
The Budget Marine Group is delighted to announce the renewal of their title sponsorship contract with the Spice Island Billfish Tournament Committee. The Budget Marine Spice Island Billfish Tournament is the largest and longest running billfish tournament in the Southern Caribbean. The strategic partnership between Budget Marine, the largest chandlery chain in the Caribbean with […]
We felt it was high time we published a staff profile of the manager of the recently expanded Nanny Cay Budget Marine location, so here it is: Vivacious Theresea Williams – mother of three, gym fiend, cancer survivor – is the manager of our Budget Marine store in Tortola. Theresa moved to the British Virgin […]
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, […]
