Pilot boarding on Interceptor 42 pilot, April 2008

[PsyFire]

came for the title, stayed for music... thumbs up bitches

[KernowMarineNetwork]

Excellent video, but please make a habit of not walking between the boat and the ship, it's not good practice even when you have a good lee side, a rogue wave or wash from another ship often catches people out...speaking from experience....

[Adetykar]

Respect for the Pilot. to restrain such a small boat with such troubled waters really is rare. Skipping the fact that it also had much luck :-).

[dirrka69]

awesum video mate.. click on my name iv put a a wellington NZ pilot vid aswell.. if u ever in NZ cum out fer a ride.. catchya.

[lisola]

How fast were you moving down that following sea?

[patsematary]

excellent video, Imho there's no need of Pink Floyd music. Let the rough work singing itself.

[panthercat3]

again, really skillful editing/sound synch, in boat-water motion as well as close-up and tele choices. I like the way Interceptor pilot skills shown alongside large ship. Thanks

[MMPadua]

and the engine? Is volvo with DP propulsion or IPS

[markbird1965]

Boarding a ship not under way or at anchor in heavy weather is very difficult and dangerous keeping the vessel on a set course and spees allows the cutter to nip into the slip stream of the larger vessel where the worst of the swell is depressed by the forward movement of the lager vessel. At a standstill the differential of the two vessel sizes on the swell becomes scarily apparent when your attempting to board either way hats off to the pilots and crews been there its a real white knuckle ride

[seyedalijavid]

please name this song!

[StolenMonkey]

@seyedalijavid Pink Floyd : Comfortably Numb watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY

[4marbledog]

amazing beautiful

[TheAndresMendez]

Great song and great video, very skilled with the boat, a pleasure to see.

[galantes100]

SUPERB!!!!!

[jorgeanalistajr]

nice song

[foppo100]

I used to do this work on a snibby the Prickett in the humber single gardner engine.She could handle the weather very sturdy build.Over fourty years ago now.

[pawel085]

Great music.

[Jonnieyates23]

What a great song

[spacecop67]

You want to see a well built boat . look at pilot boats,because they are made to last, usually steel. ocassionaly thick aluminum , never fiberglass. I see aliminum and rib,

[fongofoll]

@spacecop67 this is a fibreglass hull

[LibertaerUeberAlles]

I wonder how often the pilots fall into the water. It must happen now and then, right?

[spacecop67]

@LibertaerUeberAlles Last time i heard of one falling in the ocean was in the Wun de funk , pudget sound as its called The inlet to Seattle Washington.

[LibertaerUeberAlles]

@spacecop67

I notice on some unloaded ships the propeller is really close to the water's surface. Seems like scary stuff for the unlucky pilot who falls into the soup!

/watch?v=IfMtgdT4jCI

[CaduSmith]

q cagaço , maluco !!!

[indoboardkid]

chrisjoneschrisjones normal choppers cat go out in da same conditions as these pilots can seen these boats go out in force 11s chopper pilot would simpley say no to windy unless it was a fuking chinnook

besides it would cost a fortune this is effective any way these guys are expert mariners day no exactly wat there doin !!!

[MILLSTREETMED]

Would love to be aboard one of these on a run.

[b1bass]

do you have to buy specially made underwear when ya have balls of steel? good vid

[hydrohyde79]

@b1bass lol...

[hydrohyde79]

@b1bass lol

[eulero75]

Questo è il MIGLIORE video mai visto su Youtube!!! Bellissimo, stupendo, meraviglioso!! Ottima musica, magnifiche immagini.....complimenti davvero!!

(NB: the translation from italian to english is not difficult, you can do by yourself if you wish....but I wanted to express my emotions in my own language)

[drunkpuppy2o]

WHAT IS THIS GAY ASS SONG

[lark49]

Dangerous job. My brother does pilot in Dublin Port. I have seen these guys steering these pilot boats in Cobh. Very skilful handling. Put the rest of us to shame. Some of the guys handling cruisers on the River Shannon take note. Watching a guy fluffing coming alongside is great (at the same time thanking God it wasnt me).

[yohan01]

I don't know much about this thing, but for sure, it looks dangerous. Salute!

[hiroshihasimoto]

To me boating is the job of respect.

[MultiNAZIzombies]

my dads a pilot in the port of cork

[lifeboat911]

we climbed up the side of the mermaid vessel years ago on my RNLI ilb course .

i was young , fit but i still shat myself . full respect to those guys .

[thunfisch1967]

WOW, great video!!!

[chrisjoneschrisjones]

they should just get a helicopter like normal countries do

[apologiamixer]

Wonderful! And, all in a days work.

[mickeypopa]

Awesome stuff, I love the sea, in any conditions :)

I bet that beast's engine(s) got 5000-6000 HP?

Btw, dynamic stability & steerage is probably something that guy doesn't understand anyway.

So don't waste your time on replying to those comments ;)

[randog69]

wow,nice work,you made it look easy

[veegale]

Mouth of Cork Harbour can be frightful if you get a southerly gale against an outgoing tide. Like a lot of others in 30 footers we had to to hang back there a a few times while to await a change of tides. But the interaction of Cork Harbour's obeisance to gravity and weather means stiff seas right there

[MsPc35]

10 out of ten for handling skills,well done to the skipper

[tadeu13]

great footage!

[hatomedic]

Essential

1. Qualifications Master Mariner Class 1 FG

2. Experience Seagoing experience as navigational watch keeper

3. Fitness Physically fit enough to embark/disembark ships and subsequently carry out pilotage duties

4. Disposition Ability to remain calm in difficult situations, and inspire confidence in the ships bridge team.

Desirable

1. Pilotage experience

2. Service in offshore support vessels

3. Seagoing experience in a senior rank

[kolovee]

Thank you for sharing this knowledge

[JOMO19921993]

I am very interested in this job as a career. What schooling does it require? How many years experience until you can become a marine pilot? Is the pay good? I heard it is but not really sure what its like.

[kolovee]

Please tell me, do you disengage your clucth to let your boat flow with the current when you make contact to the ship

[markpod64]

No the best thing to do is keep the boat going ahead about 7-8kts with a little helm on 10-15 degrees dependant on the side of the vessel to be boarded.

[Larssaj]

Thats not easy job! awesome!

[markpod64]

Its the best job in the world.

[freebeer08]

"by SafeHaven Marine"

Any of these guys wearing fife jackets?? While performing a boarding??

No. They should be sacked.

[markpod64]

I think you will find the pilots boarding the ship have the life jackets built into thier coats....... As is the industry norm.

[tovemaersk]

@freebeer08 Dickhead they are combined wet weateher/self inflating life jackets 3.50 you can clearly see this, you my friend are a knob end stick to playing with boats in your bath and leave the real world to those that know what their doing.

[karateshito2000]

In this condition the Master on ship make a lee to the pilot boat...is normal operation on north sea....bye bye

[19Martinez79]

Respect to the Pilots!

Tallinn, Estonia

[neurofire]

The 'pilots' are fully qualified Captains who swap a life at sea for a life of sea and land. They are the coolest guys who know their water, channels, rocks, sand bars, atolls and ships.

Hats off!

[blowgunGER]

Awesome - 5/5. Respect to these sailors!

[kendisen]

Very good boats and good handling

[atreewithnolife]

some well seasoned sailors there , awsome.

[Diepeinvonhaukehain]

Sehr genial, Ich stehe nur an der Kieler Förde an der Ostsee und schaue sehnsüchtig den Lotsenbooten zu für die Schiffe, die durch den Nord-Ostsee Kanal wollen.Hoffe auf mehr Einblicke von deinem Job. Gruß Bene

[linnet1013]

Terrific video! I wish I could sit in this boat at such rough whether.

Sorry, for a silly question, but I live too far from sea and not everything here is clear for me...

What is this boat made for? And what are the guys doing? Is it a kind if rescue ship that helps other vessels struck in stormy whether? But it is a rather small one if compared to another ship...

[vanbeukenmans]

its a pilot boat, they bring pilots (the yellow jackets) to the ships; these ships cross the world and every harbor or straight has sifferent conditions in terms of weather, tide, depth etc. you really gotta know how to handle the different conditions. it would be too much for one captain to learn so in every harbor a pilot takes over command of the ship to guide her in and out

[linnet1013]

Thank you for the answer, it's clear to me now.

[frankwildcat]

There are some new videos of these pilot boats in rough weather, search Violent storm force 11, well worth a view.

[hermancando]

you rock jennifer

[Shane028]

That looks so cool! Respect to the pilot..... That cant be easy !

[Kaptainrdean]

All of that, just to drop of a 2pound bag of sugar for the Captains corn flakes...

[stcleonard]

that looks so cool at 1:12 you must have to be a very good driver

[frankwildcat]

If they stoped the ship, all the pilot boats dynamic stability and steerage would be lost, as would the ships, and it would be harder to do the job, clearly you dont know what your talking about, and are obviously an angry, bitter individual to have posted such a shit coment to start with!

[markpod64]

As a pilot boat skipper myself i say.. Well said frank and nice video.............

[sailcorkharbour]

All ships, boats, yachts any water craft have to have water flowing past their rudders to steer.The last thing one wants especially in confined waters is to lose steering control..its akin to a stall of a airplane or worse still a stall on final approach to land. So all water craft must keep up movement to avoid this with the optimal speed depending on the design of the ship, boat etc. just like different planes have different stall speeds

[lahinch95]

I had an opportunity to ride this boat, and it was a little bit of paradise. The pilots and crews are second to none. I lack the words to thank the Cobh pilots for allowing me to participate in their daily world.

[seamermar]

I once more enjoyed it a lot, thanks again folk of Cork.

[Abanamat85]

Oh man, those orange interceptors are probably my favorite boat right now. If only I could afford it, and turn into a fishing/party boat.

[soughingtreeez]

Posers. Why were they futzing around to port for so long when the lee wasn't there & the ladder was rigged stbd?

[frankwildcat]

How about just so we could get some nice video for you to see, was that so fucking wrong!

[benjamin780]

la musiqe de pink floys comforty numble

[EliseMathieu]

Super souvenir de vacances, nous vous avons vu filmé depuis la maison à la grande verrière ou nous étions en vacances à coté du phare de Roches point

[sailcorkharbour]

Always wanted to call a boat "Comfortably Numb"... great video