Found on YouTube.
In early December, just as I was starting to get into ship spotting, I saw a couple of vessels headed up river towards Philly. One of them, the Cielo di Iyo met with the harbor pilot right as I had my drone up. I was able to capture the Pilot coming to meet the vessel and CLIMBING the ladder to get on board just before she passed beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Delaware River, Philadelphia , USA
Read more...
Video Pilot Boat "Petrel" (River Mersey)
published on 16 December 2021
Video How to get off the ship with Pilot Siri
published on 31 January 2022
Video Kittiwake Mersey Pilot
published on 22 December 2021
Video Pilots boarding CMA CGM LEO inbound to Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
published on 4 November 2021
Video Harbor Pilot Disembarks a Containership
published on 6 July 2019
Video When a pilot boarding is aborted
published on 27 January 2022
Wind was blowing strong from the NE and the waves were becoming bigger and bigger by the time we reach a new client.
Crew didn't consider the rolling effect about to happen while changing heading in order to give lee when they prepared pilot ladder, so the requested 1.5m above the water was not that good.
I decided to abort and to give the vessel the chance to shorten it. In the next attempt they did it right and I was able to board safe