‘Summertime’ owner skipper John Blair is qualified to a very high standard and following family tradition, has been a professional mariner since leaving school. Initially trained and employed as a commercial yachtmaster, offshore sailing instructor / flotilla skipper before buying his own fishing boat and fishing for lobster, crab and whelks locally. Since then he has been a charter skipper in Tenby for over seventeen years.
Professional qualifications :
- RYA / DOT Yacthmaster Offshore (Commercial – Power/Sail)
- Sea Survival Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Fire Fighting Certificate
- VHF DSC Radio Operators Licence
- Member of the Professional Boatmens Assosciation
- WISE Trained
- Member of PEMBROKESHIRE MARINE CODE
- Member of SEA ANGLERS CONSERVATION NETWORK
- STCW -1 ‘LONG RANGE’ Certificate (MF/SSB Radio Communication)