Private Charters
Our boat, Dolly P , is fully licensed to carry 12 passengers and we are pleased to accept private charters to fulfill your preferred requirements.
As well as the advertised trips, we are happy to accommodate your exact excursion wishes. Our boat trips are a popular choice for Hen Parties or Stag parties, birthday celebrations, children’s parties, wildlife enthusiasts and bird watchers.
In 2010, our private charters took us to the Isles of Scilly, Pendeen Lighthouse and the Crown Mines, Sennen Cove and Padstow, as well as private picnics and celebrations in St Ives Bay.
Over the years, St Ives Boats have been a popular choice with film and television crews, estate agents and surveyors. We are also the favoured choice of Virginia Woolf aficionados for their annual excursion “To The Lighthouse”.
Dolly P is a stable, seaworthy workhorse with a large covered deck area, inside seating, toilet facilities and a friendly adaptable crew, keen to exceed your expectations.
By private chartering the Dolly P , you know that the boat and crew are at your disposal to meet your exact needs at an affordable rate.
- Phone Derek on 0777 300 8000 for Private Charter Prices.
Ashes Scattering.
When life’s journey is over, St Ives Boats offer an extra special way to say goodbye, Ashes scattering at sea in St Ives Bay.
A celebration of life and a fitting send-off for those with an affinity with the sea or those that had a special love of St Ives, or Cornwall, we offer our Ashes Scattering Service.
We first cruise along to a suitable spot chosen by yourselves or the skipper. After the chosen ceremony, the ashes are scattered into the Atlantic Ocean, to be dispersed with the actions of the tides and currents. The skipper will note the exact GPS coordinates, as you may wish to return to the exact spot in future years.
On return to land, the skipper will sign a certificate of remembrance, with the GPS coordinates noted, as a keepsake
Our Ashes Scattering Service is fast becoming a popular choice and your loved one’s remains will be treated with dignity and compassion.
The ceremony you choose can of course be tailor-made to the wishes of the deceased or the mourners. A period of silence, a reflection on the deceased’s life or a full religious ceremony, the choice is yours. We will also undertake unaccompanied scattering of ashes if you prefer.
As cremation becomes an ever more popular choice, a memorial service at sea is often the preferred method of ashes dispersal and has been the choice of many famous people:
- Ingrid Bergman
- Jerry Garcia
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Edmund Hillary
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Rock Hudson
- Janis Joplin
- Gene Kelly
- John F Kennedy(jnr)
- Steve McQueen
- Veronica Lake
- Peter Lawford
- Robert Mitchum
- Vincent Price
- H.G.Wells
- Phone Derek on 0777 300 8000 for Ashes Scattering Prices.
Sea Memorials
St Ives Boats are currently investigating the possibilities of creating a memorial reef in the Atlantic Ocean, for the interment of ashes within a permanent memorial reef ball.
Reef balls are made of a concrete mixed with cremation ashes and are a permanent fixture on the sea bed, often marked with a bronze inscription.
Once approval has been obtained from DEFRA, the governing body for deposits within the ocean, St Ives Boats plan to offer this service to discerning customers looking for a permanent memorial for loved ones.
When established, the reef balls will sustain a wide variety of marine wildlife, becoming an ecologically acceptable method of disposal of cremated remains, with the added advantage of being a permanent memorial for visits by relatives and friends.
If you think this service may be of interest to you, early expressions of interest may be made to St Ives Boats by phoning 0777 300 8000
