Island Water World is a Caribbean Retailer and Distributor of boating supplies and marine leisure related merchandise. We have over 40 years of experience in the Islands and have proven adept at meeting the needs of our Customers. We recognize our core Customer base as the cruising sailor, the powerboat enthusiast, sports fisherman and local boating enthusiast. The growing fleet of mega yachts in the region has also become an important part of our customer base and we have broadened and deepened our assortments to meet their special needs. In addition there are a number of specialist businesses throughout the Caribbean region that include charter fleets, day charter boats, hotel and water sport operators, boat yards, shipwrights, marine technicians and smaller chandlers. Through a structured wholesale partnership program, based on volume purchases, we are able to offer these businesses quick access to our product ranges at very competitive prices. Our success is based on our ability to offer our Customers value and service, and to earn their trust. Our entire business is focused on delivering that promise. In this highly competitive environment we compete on selection, quantity, availability, price, customer service, convenience and access and so we strive to offer our Customer, a broad range of branded and other products to choose from in all core boating areas. We aim to always be in stock and to be priced right. Our staff are knowledgeable and eager to help, and our stores are easily accessible and fun to shop in. Our goal is to be the destination of choice when it comes to buying marine equipment and leisure goods in the Caribbean Our Customers come from all over the world and from varying climates. The marine environment is a harsh one and the tropics particularly so. We find ourselves in a unique and challenging position – making sure we have the right merchandise, the wanted brands, suited to the tropics and suited to a boats original specifications or to theultimate destination. In an effort to meet and exceed our Customers expectations we make a significant investment traveling to international trade shows and conventions, being exposed to the latest products and innovations, meeting with many suppliers from all over the world, negotiating keen prices and buying what we believe has proven to work best in the Caribbean. We are doubly fortunate in having in our organization worldly and knowledgeable sailors with years of marine product experience in the region. Many of them are characters well known to those who sail these islands. Most importantly though, our product choice would not have evolved without the input from our Customers. We take comments and input very seriously and we are not averse to admitting mistakes, dropping products that do not meet expectation and testing and acquiring new lines or items suggested by our Customers. Our Headquarters are in Sint Maarten – very much a cross roads in the Caribbean, with well serviced air and sea freight routes. This, coupled with the islands duty free status, makes Sint Maarten an ideal hub to conduct our business and our online store from. We are able to economically ship fairly large quantities from around the world, break bulk at our warehouse and quickly redistribute to our other stores, wholesale and off island Customers by air and sea. With over 500 suppliers and nearly 30, 000 unique items this enables us to maximize supplier discounts and minimize store overheads by reducing the buying, receiving and administration burden to them – ultimately translating into better pricing to our Customer.