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Barracuda Poole Pilot Boat

published on 7 September 2021 - 227 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "Graham Innes". Originally published on 2021-09-05.

Barracuda comes to shepherd SS Shieldhall into Poole harbour on the 4th of September 2021. The day the biplane crashed in front of the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks.
Barracuda is a particularly good looking vessel. Boy, can she shift!

Poole Harbour

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