The Port Pilot, by Richard Blanco. In _Looking for The Gulf Motel_, 2012, University of Pittsburgh Press.

Many thanks to Capt. Pilot Evan Simkus for the insight into the working day!

Ships in Freeport of Riga

A wonderful poem by Gaylen K. Bunker found on YouTube. As read by the author from bis book "Poems".

After spending years at sea, Brett Monthie had to chart the channels in Tampa Bay from memory in order to become a Tampa Bay harbor pilot. And then he spent 30 months in training.

As we all know there is a new regulation established since July 2012, this new regulation refers to pilot transfer arrangements. There are other yearly safety campaigns such as IMPA that include SOLAS V.23 and IMO Resolution A 1045 and Resolution A.1108(29). Unfortunately, in this annual overview there were some accidents reported that could have been avoided.

SWATH build by Abeking & Rasmussen (Germany)

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Smooth and beautiful pilot boat in Karachi harbor.. autonomous sensory meridian response, ASMR