Bonaire has a renowned marine heritage in ship building, navigation and fishing. The ‘boto piskado’ were beautiful sail boats used daily for fishing. They were the original boats that began the regatta and traditionally, they would take a week off fishing to join into the races after that. As sail boats were replaced by motor […]
A Day Three grand slam clinched the 2017 Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup — and a three-peat — for the Naira team. The crew finished with 2,000 release points — earned from four white marlin, two blue marlin and one sailfish in three days of fishing on the 57-foot Paul Mann. A grand slam of the […]
Flipped catamaran, salvaged from the bottom, or a slight knock? The number of damaged hulls by Hurricane Irma is hard to comprehend. Once the insurance dollars start flowing in (for the ones who had cover in the first place), it’s repair time. Rebuilding is very often possible. First good reason to choose to repair is […]
In the immediate aftermath of last September’s Hurricane Irma, which tore a wide and destructive path through much of the Caribbean, it was diffcult getting first hand accounts from the islands that had been affected. It was a good two weeks before I got through to my friend Robbie Ferron, the owner of Budget Marine, […]
During the month of September 2017 boaters sustained extensive damage to boats, homes and property due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Raymarine is now offering a relief to boaters affected by the hurricanes and get them back on the water to once again do what they love. To find out if you are eligible and […]
Yesterday Robbie Ferron and Brian Deher the President of the Sint Maarten Marine Trades met with the ‘Reconstruction Committee’ of the Sint Maarten government who have been tasked with drawing up plans for the reconstruction of Sint Maarten. The Committee is headed by Joan Dovale Meit and includes friends of the marine industry like Jan […]
Preparation paid off for paid off for 17-year-old St. Thomas angler, Lawrence Aubain, Jr. When the official weigh-in was complete at the 29thBastille Day Kingfish Tournament, held July 16 at Hull Bay Hideaway, it was Aubain who reeled in the Largest Kingfish, a 26.05-pounder, aboard the 31-foot Bertram, About Time. Aubain was one of 175 […]
The winner of this year’s Caribbean Laser Championships held in Orient Bay over the weekend was Karl James. Held on the 24th and 25th June, Karl James who was sponsored by Budget Marine, beat out Benoit Maesemaker of St. Barths and his countryman Jules Mitchell also of Antigua. James and Maesemaker had been almost even […]
Budget Marine is pleased to sponsor Karl James in the 2017 Caribbean Laser Championships taking place this week end in Orient Bay , Saint Martin. Karl James is a dinghy sailor, Superyacht sailor and youth coach. Very few Caribbean sailors can cover all these different parts of sailing. Karl has done these championships about 12 […]
In image: the One Design Boats at the start line The Third Annual Lagoonies Regatta was the scene of intense competition in highly varying winds with the win being taken by a team from Kidz at Sea foundation helmed by Garth Steyn, the person behind the success of this youth program. Whilst three of the […]