Environmental Policy.

“There is always a fine line between achieving a sustainable income and paying attention to our client and environment demands. We do though do our best and accept our responsibilities and here we detail our pledges.” John

It would be incorrect to define other operators methods but we are proud to note that our policies exceed those adopted by any other company in the area.

• We are establishing ourselves as a carbon neutral company whereby any carbon emissions produced by the vessels engines is offset by investment into sustainable green forests to absorb such emissions. On a busy day we consume up to 500 litres of fuel between our vessels and we strongly believe that this must be environmentally accountable.
• We financialy contribute to Environmental schemes and this year we are supporting http://www.sizeofwales.org.uk/ with Patron HRH the Prince Of Wales
• The journey from our office in St Davids to St Justinians is 3 miles and clients drive themselves. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park established a Park and Ride Bus in 2001 and we co-funded the project in order to reduce car usage. We will be continuing this funding.
• We are identifying a boat and walk service that will provide a days activity for clients enjoying both the water and the coast path without using their cars.
• We take onboard Codes of Conduct established by organisations such as the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Smithsonian Institute etc. We then apply our local knowledge to these and establish our own policy whereby the sanctity of the wildlife has a better need than obtrusive observation.
• We intrumental in the Pembrokeshire Marine Code and more recently the Ramsey Marine Code.
• We have introduced computer-controlled engines with ultra low emissions, Year 2012 Compliant, that are also ultra quiet. All vessels run two engines simultaneously and to reduce underwater acoustic simple harmonics we ensure that they run at slightly separate speeds.
• We ensure that all our personnel have a strong local bias in that they are interested in protecting our maritime heritage. Most of us are graduates in marine disciplines or ex fishermen and all are from long established families. This is more important than it sounds as we have witnessed countless times skippers and so called guides pressurising wildlife for the sake of their clients and company:. Long term this does not work.
• We limit our number of sailings to the offshore grounds as we see these as a refuge for cetaceans. We utilised many years of our own experience establishing the optimum offshore cetacean grounds and we guard carefully against releasing such detailed locations to deter unscrupulous operators.
• All office paper and plastic waste is processed for re-cycling.

We are always here to listen to advice so if you think you could further our greener intentions then please feel free to contact us.

 And dont forget we

• are the only boat company born and bred in St Davids and are Welsh speaking
• operate a professional company with formal office open all year and are the largest sector employer
• are the largest operator with the largest and most modern fleet
• the longest standing operator
• are carbon neutral and a major sponsor of local charities and green initiatives

But above all … we are pasionate and care

 All photographs on this site are taken from our vessels by Janet Baxter, Lyndon Lomax, Richard Helon and our crews.