FISH ON!

FISH ON! 2

Everyone loves a steak, no doubt. Roast chicken for dinner, yes please! So many times you catch yourself breaking the ice with a fellow cruiser over a discussion of meat and where you can source it in the most obscure places one sails to. I do love meat, no question about that, but I feel […]

Budget Marine Antigua: Now Two Locations to Serve You Better

Budget Marine is a chain of Marine supply outlets operating in now, 13 locations in the eastern and southern Caribbean that offers the largest range of premium marine products with the highest level of product availability in the region. Budget Marine Antigua – Jolly Harbour After 21 years the Jolly Harbour has relocated from the […]

Budget Marine Antigua New Location Grand Opening!

Budget Marine Antigua New Location Grand Opening! 8

On the 10th of December, approximately 120 persons attended the grand opening of the new Budget Marine Antigua locations, the ceremony taking place in the garden of the new Jolly Harbour store. Both Finance Minister Harold Lovell and other speakers focused on teamwork and partnership in taking the Yachting sector of Antigua forward and its […]

Hauling out? Some tips for abandoning your baby

It’s always sad when you have to put your boat on the hard or the dock to return to the “real world” for an extended stay. Not only is it a downer to give up cruising and playing for a while, but the idea of abandoning your boat for lengths of time during storm season […]

Getting your boat prepped for the trip South

BASIS: My cruising life style consists of being at anchor almost continuously for four or five months at a time, then day sailing for three or four weeks, twice per year. During the time at anchor, all my energy needs are met via solar power, the engine starting every other week just to pump lubricating […]