Video Pilot Boat - Departure from Adelaide, Australia
published on 6 April 2021
Video Pilot Boat crew transfer
published on 12 April 2022
Article Gladding-Hearn Starts Construction of New Launch for Galtex Pilots
by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding - published on 8 July 2021
Article Launch Marks Key Milestone for Milford Haven’s New Pilot Vessel
published on 10 December 2025
Video Pilot Boat Alongside Scarlet Lady Cruise Ship
published on 18 August 2021
From our deck 12 cabin balcony, some footage of the pilot boat coming alongside Virgin Voyages' cruise ship Scarlet Lady in the Solent between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. If you're expecting action and excitement then brace yourself for not quite that at all, but it is fairly impressive how close the pilot boat gets to the larger vessel, bouncing around on the waves. I did want to see the pilot leap from the ship to the boat but in truth got tired of waiting so if that's the bit...
Video Pilots boarding CMA CGM LEO inbound to Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
published on 4 November 2021
Article Best Medium Pilot Boat "Spirit" by Hart Marine
by Baird Maritime - published on 23 April 2025
Video Pilot boarding in bad weather (Japan)
published on 6 April 2021
Video Spiral-Test -Manoeuvre for detailed identification of Yaw Stability using Samples of Cruise Ship
published on 29 September 2021
This video shows an introduction on the Spiral-Test-Manoeuvre and describes the procedure how to steer through this manoeuvre and measure the data needed. The results will be displayed in a characteristic diagram allowing to identify stable and unstable conditions and related, detailed information, e.g. spiral loop width and height, rudder angle of neutral effect. Samples of stable and unstable ship behaviour demonstrations will be shown by Fast Time Simulation using the SAMMON Planning tool.