Budget Marine Trains Students in Kidz at Sea’s ‘Zero to Hero’ Program
Hands-on-training at the Kidz at Sea Foundation’s ‘Zero to Hero’ Program on boat maintenance hosted by St. Maarten-headquartered chandlery, Budget Marine
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Caribbean Multihull Challenge: A New Tradition for Catamaran and Trimaran Enthusiasts
The inaugural Caribbean Multihull Challenge, held in St. Maarten, attracted a diverse fleet of catamarans and trimarans for a thrilling race series. With a successful first event, the CMC is set to become a staple in the sailing calendar, offering an ideal tune-up for the Caribbean 600.
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Pilot Program Produces More Maritime Manpower in St. Maarten
After Hurricane Irma, K1 and Kidz at Sea started providing training for youth seeking work opportunities to become employable in the maritime industry
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Sint Maarten Maritime Training Course Outstanding Success
For years it’s been the dream of several St. Maarten residents to open up the marine industry to local people, an industry that is too often seen as the domain of a select few.
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Kidz at Sea helps students find careers in the marine industry
Sint Maarten – The Kidz at Sea Foundation have received post Irma support funding from Tourism Cares, the charitable arm of The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, to assist eight unemployed persons acquire training in the marine maintenance field. The first session ended mid-August with four successful participants! Rasheed Richinson is a recent high school…
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Team Fiji water Wins 2016 SIMSAF National Lagoon Championships
The second edition of the SIMSAF National Lagoon Championships was sailed in light conditions in October. Twelve teams competed in seven boats on a rotation schedule. Light shifty winds challenged the participants and led to some intriguing battles on the start line and while approaching and rounding the marks. The gate on the short course…
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Caribbean News: Team Island Water World Acquire Second Melges 24
Team Island Water World acquire second Melges 24 St. Maarten – Team Island Water World are now campaigning a second Melges 24. Although not new, their latest boat is hull number 605, whereas the old boat was number 24. Team captain Frits Bus said that with the old Melges in need of some love and care,…
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The Naming of Purple Heart
A rainbow hung over the Simpson Bay Lagoon as the naming ceremony for the Didy 26 race boat, built by high school students from Milton Peters College, got underway at the St. Maarten Shipyard in late February. With just days to go before the start of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the omens were good and…
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We Built a Race Boat!
Students at Milton Peters College (MPC) in Sint Maarten have built a boat which they will race in the Heineken Regatta. The boat, a Didi 26 designed by Dudley Dix, was constructed in the school’s carpentry department by an enthusiastic group of youngsters under the guidance of several tutors. The students have built smaller boats…
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Kidz At Sea
It’s not often that young people give us something to cheer about. You’ve heard it all before, kids today show no respect, they want instant gratification and they had better get it. Often, we, the older generation, give up on them and then do nothing but moan about it. In St. Maarten, a group of…
