Pilots 9

I’d love to know more about this launch . . . in terms of engine and performance.

“Launch” is what the pilot service calls this.

And this is the PSV (pilot station vessel) Polaris, which has operated off the Port of rotterdam for three plus years now.

For some great photos of pilot vessels all over the world, check this site by Mirjam Terpstra.  Click here for more of her photos before Polaris was in service.

Many thanks to Freek Koning via Fred Trooster for these photos. Freek, a few years ago, asked me to try to discover the disposition of this former Royal Dutch Navy tugboat.  My letters to various addresses in the USCG in reference to the lost tug went unanswered.