As expected, the last day of the races for the Open World Sunfish Championship was characterized by little wind. Nevertheless, the race committee managed to set up the 3 remaining races, much to the satisfaction of the sailors who, when completing the full series of 12 races, were allowed to discard the two lowest scores […]
Budget Marine, the Caribbean’s leading chandlery in the Caribbean, is pleased to announce the construction of a new outlet in Carriacou, an island located 23 miles off the coast of Grenada. The full service, 2100 SQF boat yard store is being built in Tyrell Bay Marina with an opening date set for January 2020. “Tyrell […]
The PCYC Round Grenada Regatta 31 August – 1 September 2019 was a big success despite the light winds that prevailed over the two day event. A number of last minute entries bought the participating number of boats to 12 entries in all, with an interesting mix of 8 mono-hulls and 4 multi-hulls. Le Phare Bleu […]
RIBs are used for an increasing amount of purposes and come with a growing spectrum of features and designs. Carib Marine has the widest range of both fiberglass and aluminum RIBs in stock in the Caribbean at the Budget Marine Sint Maarten headquarters, including the new fiberglass FX 580 seen in the image. The purpose of the FX580 is […]
September 14 – 20: Sunfish World Championship; September 21 – 25: Sunfish Youth & Master World Championship. Over 70 sailors from around the world will compete in the waters off Kralendijk, Bonaire, in these annual one-design championships. The World Championships feature some of the class’ best sailors in the world, while the Youth and Master […]
The Presidential Caribbean Cup tournament will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October in Aruba and you should be part of it! The tournament celebrated a record-breaking event last-year with 109 billfish releases during three days of fishing. The preparations for the tournament are in full swing and boats are reserving their spot to participate according […]
Less than an hour was left before the Noon weigh-in at the 31st Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament, held July 14 out of Hull Bay Hideaway, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Matthew Bryan, fishing with family and friends aboard the 36-foot Feel Good I, a vessel his father hand-built in the 1960s and which Bryan […]
The 14thedition of the Budget Marine Challenge was sailed off the coast of Curaçao on Sunday June 9th. The different race starts are what makes this event so unique in the Caribbean. The first challenge was a downwind start at the inshore Spanish water, with cruising class kicking off first and racing-class following 15 minutes after the first group […]
Budget Marine in the Caribbean is pleased to announce the expansion of its house brand “Carib Marine”. The Carib Marine range of products started with a line of personal flotation devices and soon branched out into the dinghy market. The Carib Marine branded dinghies entered the market in July of 2017 with two fiberglass, single floor […]
Ideal wind strengths and stiff competition combined with the very special onshore hosting at Lagoonies Bistro made this fifth running of the event a very special one. Eleven teams in 14-18 knots of breeze with interesting variations in the Simpson Bay lagoon kept the interest at a high level. Frits Bus defending champion just edged […]