Adding new outlets, moving into new buildings and expanding in size in 5 different locations is one of the highlights of Budget Marine Chandleries in 2015. Opening a new Budget Marine store in the new North Sound Marine boatyard in Antigua has been the focus in August. Budget Marine is acutely aware that a good […]
The first Budget Marine Challenge in Sint Maarten is scheduled to be held on January 23rdand 24th2016. The original Budget Marine Challenge concept originates from Curaçao, where it’s one of the most successful sailing events on the island. The event is unique in that it involves an anchor start rather than a conventional starting line. […]
Budget Marine Grenada and Spice Island Marine Services (SIMS) who have a close relationship seeing that it is the boatyard where our chandlery is located, has been able to further strenghen that bond. With the help of Budget Marine, SIMS have recently been able to have two technicians officially certified by Raymarine. With marine electronics […]
Budget Marine Trinidad in Chaguaramas now has an authorizedAwlgrip Color Mixing Bankto provide state of the art mixing for state of the art coating to their customers. In 2004 Awlgrip introducedAwlmix, the advanced color mixing system that enables key Awlgrip distributors to offer a color matching system for any Awlgrip or Awlcraft 2000 topcoat, including […]
The right place at the right time proved a winning combination for St. Thomas’ Thierry Williams. When the official weigh-in was complete at the 27thBastille Day Kingfish Tournament, held July 12 at Hull Bay Hideaway, it was Williams who reeled in the Largest Kingfish, a 31.55-pounder, aboard the 23-foot Hanson,Oceanna. Williams was one of 210 […]
The Deepsea Challenge 2015 was an event full of energy that put Bonaire on the map as one of the best places in the world to practice Freediving. Although Carlos Coste couldn´t reach his goal of breaking the Variable Weight world record, he showed once again that he´s a machine. Coste, with a single breath, […]
Are you, or someone you know, involved in racing or cruising on a Raymarine equipped boat then this is your lucky day! Raymarine just announced an immediately available upgrade for all it’s a, c, e, eS and gS series Multifunction Displays (MFDs) The upgrade adds advanced racing and performance cruising features including start line guidance, […]
FKG Rigging in Sint Maarten is one of the leading rigging, fabricating and hydraulic companies in the Caribbean and their technicians are constantly jumping into dinghies to attend to customers in the Cole Bay and Marigot parts of Sint Maarten. To continue this excellent service they have built themselves some very rugged aluminum tenders which […]
Great overview from our founder Robbie Ferron about Antigua Sailing Week, amongst his crew was Shakeil from our Budget Marine Antigua store: Antigua Sailing Week really is a class act ! Great sailing and great liming following a long tradiion of a full week of racing (and other things). The conditions were as good as […]
Philip Barrett, Budget Marine’s very own fishing expert from our St.Maarten store, reeled in the largest Marlin weighing a staggering 612 pounds (!) at the 2015 Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament. Phil reports still being in awe as it took him only one hour and 10 minutes, an amazing time for reeling in a […]