This season we’ve been so very conscious of community support, from neighbours cheerfully teasing, “Get your boat in the water!” as they drove past Shearwater’s field, to the lovely people at St Davids Escape Room who lent us their tractor … Read More
‘Will anyone else be running ‘Wet & Wild’ jet boat adventure trips when you retire?’ We get asked this a lot! If someone buys Venture Jet with Shearwater then yes, there will be jet boat trips in new hands. If … Read More
Update: fields at St Justinian are now open throughout the school summer holidays for visitors to park. Please check for signs when you are approaching St Justinian. Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks Planning department closed the previous parking field at St … Read More
Is it possible to run an environmentally friendly boat company? What is possible is to run a company as responsibly as possible. There are some obvious things to think about: fuel usage, potential wildlife disturbance, recycling, the environmental cost of … Read More
I had a glorious walk to the beach with the dog across the fields in thick mist this morning. Whenever I see the mist come in I think back to one particular crew, now working in sunnier climes. The mist … Read More
Sunfish are by no means common visitors to Ramsey but we do see them quite regularly in the summer months. They eat jellyfish so our waters provide them with good feeding opportunities if they’re healthy enough to make the most … Read More
We never quite know what the day will bring. Tim and Charlie had great conditions yesterday morning for landing the RSPB on Grassholm for gannet monitoring. En route home they stopped to pick up some floating rope and were joined … Read More
This is always a good time of year to enjoy watching gannets (and indeed porpoises, who often feed in the same areas). Ramsey has some impressive seabird colonies – razorbills, guillemots, fulmars and some kittiwakes – but nothing on the … Read More
This week brought some New Zealander visitors, who pronounced Shearwater to be “a proper boat” – praise indeed. They’ve done Shotover and Kawaru jets several times – “You don’t want to do Shotover anymore – it’s tame” – plus jet … Read More
It’s rare for passengers to feel seasick on our type of boat but it can happen so if you have a tendency to motion sickness we would suggest that you talk to a pharmacist. People are more likely to feel … Read More