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Liffey Pilot

  • 03-08-2012 7:51pm
    #1
    ian_m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭


    4954638405_5bf130a89f.jpg
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyghia1302/4954638405/

    Can someone please tell me what the purpose of this boat is? I have seen it traveling in and out of Dublin Port a few times and wondered what it does.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    juke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭juke


    Transports the Pilot out to the commercial ships (tankers, cruises etc) - the pilot then navigates the ship safely into Dublin Port


  • #3
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    It is used like a taxi to take the port pilot (actual person not the boat) to and from ships coming and going from the port. The pilot has an in-depth local knowledge of the port and surrounding area and uses this to guide ships that are unfamiliar with the area into and out of the port.


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    The pilot knows how the tidal and river currents operate around the port so he is the person who navigates ships into and out of the port. Every large port has pilots, the only ships that don't use them are the ferries as they're in and out of the same few ports very frequently so have the local knowledge. Even a big visiting navy ship will use the pilot. He boards the ship usually by climbing a ladder thrown down the side, he then goes to the bridge and the skipper hands control to him.


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