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 […]
The Budget Marine / Gill team, skippered by Andrea Scarabelli , brought in their third win of the season in the Captain Oliver’s Regatta, following wins in the Heineken Regatta and Les Voiles de St.Barth. The weekend involved a Counterclockwise Race around the island on Saturday followed by an interesting course on Sunday that took […]
We are not only into boats and fishing at Budget Marine! We recently donated 25ft of unicord 1-1/2 twisted nylon to the SENSUS BVI gym located in Manuel Reef. This line will be used as a Battle rope at the gym. We can’t wait to see it in action!
One of the most popular single-handed dinghies in the world, with more than 200,000 boats worldwide, the robust, simple to rig Laser provides very competitive racing due to tight class association controls. It is often the next step for keen young sailors who have outgrown their Optimist and Sunfish dinghies. As such, Robbie Ferron’s donation […]
Robbie Ferron, founder and group manager of Budget Marine, has had lots of influence on the Marine Industry from organizing races to serving as a past President of the Caribbean Sailing Association. As such, he was among ten of the regions’ ‘movers and shakers’ asked byAll At Sea Magazineto share his thoughts on What the […]