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How Cargo Ships Navigate the World's Most Treacherous Bay


published on 10 December 2025 1656 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "Sam Eckholm". Originally published on 2025-12-06.
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For over 150 years, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have guided the world’s largest ships through one of the most dangerous stretches of water anywhere on Earth. In this episode, I'm taking you out to sea with the pilots to see what it actually takes to navigate these vessels through the Golden Gate.

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DP/Lead Editor: Chance Saechao https://www.instagram.com/chance.saechao
DP/Assistant Editor: Peter Nguyen https://www.instagram.com/peterngynn
Aerial Cinematographer: Matt Beardsley https://www.instagram.com/mattbeardsley
Producer: Swayne Martin https://www.instagram.com/swayne.martin
Manager: Ken Kaczmarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-kaczmarek-aa797416/

A big thanks to Adian Minty for the spectacular bar pilot boarding footage https://www.instagram.com/sea_weathered

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