Marine Log November 2022 Edition: Focus on Workboats

Learn why the Virginia Pilot Association chooses to rely on Volvo Penta power.

The new design, is based below the waterline upon our Barracuda deep ‘V’ planning hull, fully proven in service with versions operating as pilot and S.A.R. craft.

This is Paddy Rooney, Coxswain of the Carlingford Pilot Boat, on the lough which separates County Down and County Louth. The boat operates out of a small jetty at Greencastle - so called after it's Norman castle near the shore and not far from the town of Rostrevor with it's beautiful park and colourful streets. In this film Paddy and his crew rendezvoused with a cargo ship at Greenore Port - which is also a uniquely preserved 1800's railway village .

The transfer of pilots to and from seagoing vessels should not rely solely on mutual trust and good intentions.

Up here in the north, we do things a little differently ...

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The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) once again demonstrates its commitment to seafarer safety by being the first registry to instigate a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) for pilot transfer arrangements. It will continue to run until the end of 2021.

Harbour pilots perform tricky operations boarding big cruise ships from fast pilot boats. Auckland and Malta.