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 All aspects of a spectacular and previously unpublished maritime tradition are considered, not forgetting the competitions between pilots to be the best crews.
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Video Pilot Boat KAPAL PANDU, Port Klang, Malaysia
published on 14 April 2021
Video Threefer, three deliveries in a row. 25 mph winds made for a choppy river.
published on 2 January 2021
Article Future Tug Master Training
by Henk Hensen - published on 11 July 2023
Video M/V PILOT 68 (CHEOY LEE shipyards 17m Self-righting Pilot Boat)
published on 24 November 2023
Video Pilot on Board
published on 8 February 2021
Video Port of Fremantle
published on 14 October 2019
