According to author Captain Henry H. Hooyer, forces acting on the ship have an effective lever arm with respect to a hypothetical pivot point. The forces creating or affecting this pivot point include the ship's motion, underwater resistance, and momentum. The book will be particularly helpful to pilots and ships' officers, and those whose jobs require a thorough understanding of ship behavior.
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Article The Pilot Magazine, Issue 331 by UKMPA
by United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association - published on 14 December 2021
Video Electronic charts: S-100 Essential tool for marine pilots
published on 21 June 2021
Video USCG Surf Training
published on 23 January 2021
Video Ship sailing from Liverpool Docks
published on 2 December 2019
Video Pilot Ladder Promo Launch by KARCO
published on 18 June 2021
Video Pilot boat, Ederra 7 off Roches Point, Cork, Ireland in a gale
published on 28 October 2022
Opinion Comment of Harry Klenner: Harbour pilots and climate change
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 16 June 2020
Comment of Harry Klenner (Presidente de la Asociación Chilena de Prácticos de Puerto): Nowadays, apart from having to take measures to avoid contagion with the Covid-19, port pilots have to consider another factor that has become present on the planet and which, by the way, our country has not been unaware of.
Article Vessel Review | Celso Madeira – Fast, All-Weather Pilot Boat For Portugal’s Sines Port
published on 29 March 2022
Original article published on Baird Maritime
Irish builder Safehaven Marine has delivered a new pilot boat ordered by the Port of Sines in southwestern Portugal near the country’s capital of Lisbon.