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How Cargo Ships Navigate the World's Most Treacherous Bay

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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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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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