Why do we need harbor pilots with modern charts and gps etc? Serious question. Seems the captain could handle it.
2026-02-01 01:07:57
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Drakenmeddler :
You'd think a better pilot transfer system would have been developed over the past 200 or so years. In the Navy at least we had a chair & line.
2026-01-12 08:13:30
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El Gato Lumpo :
one guy just waited for the swell and to the elevator up instead of climbing the ladder.
2026-01-26 19:18:48
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Sanderson :
Crew don't typically board a shop that's underway; though i have done it. Even a ship at anchorage can get hairy, though. First rule of thumb: always wait for launch boat to be at the top of the swell. Once you grab hold of the Jacob's ladder (rope ladder) you scramble up as fast as is safe. Otherwise, if you leave the launch/pilot boat on the down swell, it could crush you against the ship's hull as waves lift it up. Add sleet on a Winter day and the ladder might be icy. On my very first ship I'd gone ashore to visit family. When I got back to the dock, my ship was gone! It'd been moved from a dock in bayonet, NJ to Manhattan Harbor. I got a ride to the launch service out to the ship. With a few drinks in me, I had to climb a 40 foot, icy, Jacob's Ladder. B y the time I reached the top, where I had to climb over the ship's railing, my legs were like jello, hands were frozen, and heart was about ready to pound outta my chest 😆. But it being in the early days of women in the Merchant Marine I put on a brave face for the watch waiting for me on deck and said; "That wasn't so bad!". Then I went to my stateroom and shook for an hour 😆.
2026-06-20 05:08:53
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Snapper Tams, Esq. :
That first clip, ooof!! 😱
2025-12-20 04:53:32
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shelbybarton148 :
That’s not a heck no. That’s not even a hell no. That’s a complete f*%k no!!
2026-01-27 01:54:19
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Lisa Whittaker :
I’d need a different profession.
2026-01-27 00:33:16
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salf :
They get paid pretty good money to do that job
2026-02-02 21:24:27
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BBEAST RIDER :
How do you say bravery ?
PORT PILOT !
2026-01-26 19:48:01
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Hang Lus :
Be a Harbor Pilot they said. It will be fun they said
2026-01-26 18:23:01
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La_GranDuquesa503 :
I love North Sea ticktock
2025-12-20 04:31:13
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Bettors :
Never complaining about my commute to work again.
2026-01-28 07:47:38
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Travis Ashlaw685 :
God do I miss this lol
2026-01-26 00:22:58
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Hamlin :
Looks super dangerous
2026-02-01 21:55:30
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ep6434 :
tons of respect
2026-01-27 01:04:26
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🐉Jeremy🐉 :
nope nope nope
2026-01-26 23:19:55
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woodpecker926 :
The original meaning of the “motion of the ocean” 😁
2026-01-27 00:05:17
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with2500 :
This the most ridiculous practice known to mankind.
2026-01-31 03:20:51
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felimon :
ijole 😳😳😳
2026-01-27 03:57:23
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HICKOK HERE :
Hell naw
2026-01-13 21:45:36
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user817593441485 :
Wow
2026-01-26 23:42:49
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Josh Hester :
Pilots are awesome, incredible paying job but not easy to get
2026-01-31 00:33:33
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gchristietayler53 :
sometimes you just have to take the leap.
2026-01-26 18:07:55
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jranthony222 :
Maybe back in my 20 or 30. That ship has sailed
2026-01-08 04:07:23
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