Solar Heritage

Experience the beauty, wildlife and history of Chichester Harbour on our eco-friendly boat, Solar Heritage.

Solar-powered, Solar Heritage offers a quiet and peaceful way to explore Chichester Harbour. Our boat trips run all year round. Our standard trips include harbour discovery tours, seal safaris and nature and birdwatching trips. We also run unique sailings throughout the year including music trips, sunset cruises, talks from specialist speakers and themed family trips. We offer dog-friendly sailings on our Harbour Discovery cruises. Private hire is available.

Solar Heritage is fully-accessible and open-sided with a large stable deck so you can move around and enjoy superb panoramic harbour views.

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Solar Boat

There are many environmental benefits to be found when using an electrically driven Solar Powered catamaran as opposed to more conventional fuel driven vessels: · Silent running – therefore no disturbance to birds, animals or humans · No exhaust emissions – therefore no CO2 contribution to greenhouse gases · The twin hull configuration contributes two major benefits; tremendous stability and no wash.... Read More»

CHASM on the Solar Boat

The Solar Boat is run by Chichester Harbour Conservancy. We had the most fantastic day for hands on learning about how marine specialists go about their work. Photos by Martin Davies, Hachem Kassem, Jane Cunningham  Read More»

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

The intial step in exploring ICZM within the Coastal Change Pathfinder Project involved developing a working partnership between residents, employers, coastal users and local government. The objective was to achieve sustainability in the face of climate change and consequent coastal change. The following approaches were pursued: · Establishment of an ICZM group comprised of MPP members, local businesses, marine user... Read More»