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About the San Francisco Bar Pilots

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Found on YouTube. Created by "San Francisco Bar Pilots Official". Originally published on 2019-09-25.

For 170 years, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have been navigating the world’s largest ships through some of North America’s most difficult waterways. These state and federally-licensed master mariners are highly-specialized ship captains who rely on navigational experience, ship-handling skills, and local knowledge to transport more than $1.2 billion in goods to and from 200 Bay Area ports, docks, and berths every day. This critical service protects more than 1,000 miles of fragile coastline and 90% of the state’s marshlands.

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Article Study: "An evaluation of fatigue factors in maritime pilot work scheduling"

by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 17 September 2020

Already published for the first time in September 2020: Maritime piloting operations involve on-call work schedules that may lead to sleep loss and circadian misalignment. The study documented pilot work scheduling practices.

Video Associated Branch Pilots

published on 17 December 2020

For nearly 150 years, the Bar Pilots have protected our environment by safely guiding ocean-going vessels through our waterways.

Video Rodman 41 Pilotage and Harbour Vessel

published on 6 July 2022

Rodman 41 pilot boat for the Cadiz Pilots' Corporation

Video Metalcraft Marine sends a Pilot Boat to Florida

published on 22 February 2024

Metalcraft has recently built a Pilot Boat for Port Everglades Pilot's Association to a design by legendary naval architect Bill Preston. See her in motion and admire her sleek, purposeful lines - and hear what makes her design unusual and efficient.

Video Out for a ride on the Pilot Boat Pacific Chinook for some sea trials.

published on 26 June 2021

Awesome pictures with a drone. Prince Rupert, Canada

Article Norwegia operator to get new Pilot Boat in 2023

published on 12 January 2023

Norwegian shipping company Bukser og Berging has placed an order for a new pilot launch to be built by Kewatec Aluboat of Finland.

Article Winter Edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly published

published on 10 January 2023

The Winter 2023 edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly is out now!

Video Pilot Boat: Marine Pilot disembarkation (UK)

published on 30 September 2021

Where is it? Maybe Ramsgate?

Video Wind pure drift encounter - practical experiments for getting useful data

published on 8 July 2022

How to get information for wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current? - this will be described in this movie:
- Measure Drift speed, due to beam wind with no propulsion;
- Measure drift speed using full thrusters
- Estimate wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current...
- Finally there is a simple formula as Rule of Thumb: the transverse drift speed is about 7-8% of wind speed!

Video Forth Tiger Pilot Boat

published on 24 August 2021

FORTH TIGER (MMSI: 235001096) is a Pilot Vessel and is sailing under the flag of United Kingdom.
Her length overall (LOA) is 18 meters and her width is 4 meters.
Good for Nothing Safety by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/