The first volume of Pilots concentrated on the stories of American and British schooners. Volume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world... that of the remarkable pilot brigs and small undecked craft. Schooners range from the Hiates of Portugal to the beautiful station boats of the North Sea ports of Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. The development of the schooners themselves into such highly sophisticated craft is traced from regional predecessors. Volume 2 of Pilots is not just about boats — the sailors also have their role. The book follows highly difficult manoeuvres under sail, dangerous transfers at sea, the routine of everyday life, and the perils of heavy weather including ships wrecked and lives saved. All aspects of a spectacular and previously unpublished maritime tradition are considered, not forgetting the competitions between pilots to be the best crews.
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Article IMPA Safety Campaign Results 2022 published
published on 15 December 2022
Video Bulker Energy cosmos in Rouen - France
published on 20 December 2021
Article Baltic Workboats signs pilot boat contract with Laurentian Pilotage Authority
published on 22 June 2022
Video Suggestion of Pilot Transfer Point At Stern of the Pilot Boat by Capt. Nasir Khan
published on 25 August 2021
Article Fall overboard during pilot transfer, Moreton Bay, Queensland, on 2 July 2025
published on 19 September 2025
Video Pilot Boat Capsize Test
published on 13 December 2019
posted on YouTube by "Marine Online"
Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is turned on its side or it is upside down in the water. The act of reversing a capsized vessel is called righting. If a capsized vessel has enough flotation to prevent sinking, it may recover on its own if it is not stable inverted. Vessels of this design are called self-righting.
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Article Safehaven: New Pilot Boat to Williams Shipping (UK)
published on 19 May 2022
Video Introducing the *new* Pilot boat Golden Gate!
published on 26 September 2023
Following the namesake of its predecessor, the new P/V Golden Gate will provide high speed service for the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association.
Servicing the San Francisco Bay, and taking Pilots to the Off-shore station boat.
This new state of the art vessel is equipped with the latest in low emissions technology from MAN engines and Hamilton water jets. This is the first first in a new generation of pilot vessels that will meet CARB tier 4 emission requirements. All while being more fuel...
Video Pilot Boarding Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia
published on 24 September 2020
Editors Note: Unfortunately this YouTube video - although publicly available - was not authorised by the responsible official bodies. Out of respect for the local organisation, we have decided to stop showing the video link to YouTube here. We ask for your understanding!
Join us as we take a pilot 5 miles out to sea to meet a huge 80,000 ton oil tanker arriving outside Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia!
