Article Pilot Boats, a Designer and Builders Perspective
by Safehaven Marine - published on 6 August 2021
Safehaven Marine build a range of vessels for many different operational roles such as patrol, survey, crew transfer to name a few, but what makes Safehaven unique is that we specialize in pilot boats, with 80% of our production dedicated to just this area, and have supplied over 50 pilot craft all around the world over the last 17 years.
Opinion How to recognise a fake pilot ladder
by Gary Clay - published on 4 May 2023
Article CHIRP: Analysis of Maritime Safety Reports Received 2023-2024
published on 11 April 2024
Video CAMILA Bulker & Foyle Pilots - Pilot Boarding
published on 15 March 2021
Video New York Harbor Pilot Boat 1 on the Kill van Kull
published on 25 October 2020
Video Wind Impact on Ships Turning Motion
published on 20 January 2021
This video complements the earlier demonstration of wind effect on straight track and shows now wind effect on turning circles. It can be seen that during a turn under strong wind the ship reduces turning when it comes close to equilibrium on straight track - if the Wind-to-ship speed ratio is big enough then the ship even goes straight instead of turning. This is shown for three samples for Head, Stern wind and Beam wind. The turning can be increased if the ratio of Wind speed-to-ship...