boeckli Posted January 11, 2019 #26 Share Posted January 11, 2019 45 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said: Over the busy holiday period the port may have to put on an extra "escort" until the ship clears the channel around the Mount.......although they have the pilot boat that goes ahead and a tug that stands by .,I dont know how far the tug follows them out. The tugs return pretty quickly to base once the ship has cleared the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 11, 2019 #27 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Once the job is done I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted January 15, 2019 #28 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Thank You for the video and report boeckli! They where very lucky men! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlugs Posted January 22, 2019 #29 Share Posted January 22, 2019 WOW! Great vid and report..thanks for that. I can imagine being in that tiny boat with the Solstice looming in..terrifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushka Posted January 23, 2019 #30 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) On 1/11/2019 at 8:59 AM, MicCanberra said: I am not sure I would have, I would have been paddling a lot harder to get out of the way than what they were though. Agree they just seemed to be sitting there doing squat all. The first picture to video worked for me too btw. I guess the pilot is there for navigation of the geography and not for numpties. Edited January 23, 2019 by Pushka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 23, 2019 #31 Share Posted January 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Pushka said: Agree they just seemed to be sitting there doing squat all. The first picture to video worked for me too btw. I guess the pilot is there for navigation of the geography and not for numpties. Exactly, the pilot may offer advice as to how far away hazards are but in tight channels, there isn't a lot of room to manoeuvre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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