Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and Ray Hunt Designs. Together the dynamic duo has ...

Shortly after the Patriot victory at the Battle of Great Bridge on Dec. 9, 1775, Patrick Henry initiated an effort to acquire naval capability by purchasing vessels that could easily be converted to ...

Ten-year-old Joey Cooper lay on his back on the deck of the Schooner Virginia, arms and legs spread. He gazed into the clear skies overhead this week as the replica 1916 wooden pilot boat gracefully ...

Brazos Pilot Association President Captain Billy Burns said its newest boat, Brazos Pilot, is a vessel tailored to fit the job and provide the pilot association with performance dependability and the ...

A 12 percent increase in the rates Great Lakes pilots can charge foreign flag vessels means an additional three pilots for the Lakes Pilots Association in Port Huron. The U.S. Coast Guard-approved ...

It’s chilly and hard to see at 4 a.m. as Martin Maher throttles up his turbocharged work boat against the swells. He is set to rendezvous with a Chinese container ship three miles beyond the Port of ...

The Gloucester Marine Railways hauls the schooner Roseway. The 137-foot wooden vessel, built as a fishing yacht in 1925 in Essex, operates as an experiential educational platform making public day ...

Navigating large ships past the sandbars and shallows of the Delaware was always a difficult task. After Philadelphia was founded in the 17th century, deep water captains began to hire Lewes pilots, ...