The annual Budget Marine High Tide series at the Antigua Yacht Club attracted a high quality entry and produced high quality competition. Winner of the A class was a very young team from the National Sailing Academy sailing the Cork 1720 “Spirit” whilst the B class was won by a helmsman over 80 years old, […]
The Bonaire Waterfront Events, powered by Budget Marine Bonaire made for a great day by the Kas di Regatta. The day’s events included a 4 mile /6.4k Walk lead by the Lion’s Club. Zorg Groep BES was available to check the blood sugar for any participants interested. The Sprint Triathlon (a 1/4 triathlon is our […]
In response to a request from Betty Suite of the Vessigny Viking Sailing School, Budget Marine Trinidad management was happy to donate 2 gallons of International antifouling for the yacht McInvan, a Pearson 30, which Betty has acquired and which is currently being refurbished at TTSA. The purpose of this project is to provide dinghy […]
On November 11th 2018 at 6 am, five Aruban swimmers of the Aruban Dolphins Swimming Club started swimming from Piedras Negras in Falcon State, Venezuela to Aruba (approx. 28.5km) to collect funds and generate awareness for ‘Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds’, a non-profit organization that offers support to cancer patients and works for the prevention of this […]
35 Optimist from St Maarten, Antigua, St Kitts and St Barts participated in the 13thAnnual Sol St Maarten optimist Championship, a record number of entrants for the event. Antiguan sailor Theodore Spencer excelled over the weekend and became the overall winner of this regional youth sailing event, sponsored by Sol Petroleum for all 13 years. […]
During October, Trinidad experienced the worst flooding in 40 years, with people in the southern parts the most affected. Main roadways were cut off and many homes flooded. Budget Marine Trinidad promptly came forward to help, partnering with the office of the ODPM, the company donated a 9.5FT AB Dinghy and loaned a second Dinghy […]
Crossing for Hope is an ambitious initiative by 5 swimmers in the local community of Aruba wanting to contribute to a bigger cause. The swimmers will aim to swim from Venezuela to Aruba (approx. 28.5km) to collect funds and generate awareness for ‘Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds’, a local non-profit organization that offers support to cancer patients […]
Led by Capt. Alex Mansur, the team fishing aboardTaraled this year’s Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup from start to finish. Along the way, the anglers released four blue marlin, two white marlin and five sailfish to walk away with first-place honors in this year’s ninth-annual event. This year was also a record-breaker, with the 16-boat fleet […]
Two days of intense racing at the Caribbean Sailing Association Caribbean Dinghy Championships over the weekend ended with a team victory for Antigua. Race manager Karl James was delighted with the weekends racing. ‘I was pleased and relieved that we managed to get so many races in as the light airs on Saturday were extremely […]
Unlike smaller Caribbean islands, the distances from one end of the island to the other are considerable and many customers are just not within reach of the well-stocked Budget Marine store in Chaguaramas. Even for those that are, getting there can take some patience as substantial development have created traffic congestion on the roads in […]