Pilot Boats, Old and New.
Posted on: 2016-07-04 in Moonrise Voyages by James.
Saturday 02 July 2016 Falmouth, UK. Ships’ captains are expert mariners but cannot possibly know every port in detail. That’s where the pilots come in. They are locals who know their areas intimately. They go aboard ships as they approach port and guide them safely in. Nowadays pilots go out to their client ships in