What is a Harbor Pilot?
.A A Harbour Pilot guides ships through the narrow, shallow and dangerous coastal waters between a harbour and the open sea. A highly coveted and potentially dangerous position, a pilot is a master mariner with many years of experience in the harbor that they are licensed to operate in. Most harbors require vessels of a certain size to take on a pilot, at which point the pilot effectively takes over as master of that ship. They also were interested in the History of Docking Pilots in Baltimore Harbor. and I advised to best of knowledge the Baltimore docking Pilots began in 1936, It was because ships were moving as dead ship around the harbor to other berths, the Captains and Bay Pilots were used to having main engine power,and they were having problems of working the assist tugs and dead ship, Bay Pilot said to Ship Captain I see the tug Captains maneuver sea going barges larger than your ship with no problems, I guess you and I do not understand how tugs work. Ship Captain said to Bay
