San Francisco Bar Pilots new boat

San Francisco Bar Pilots take delivery of new Camarc 22

The San Francisco Bar pilots have recently taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Snow & Company, Seattle. Called Golden Gate, it is the latest all-aluminum pilot vessel in the Camarc

The new Maryland Pilots' Baltimore class pilot launch is a sister ship to its first

Maryland Pilots order second Baltimore class pilot launch

The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Piloting the Chesapeake Bay since 1852, the Association of Maryland Pilots is the oldest state-codified organization

Pilot boat refit put Tampa back in water looking like new

Gladding-Hearn completes pilot launch refit

The Tampa Bay Pilots Association has taken delivery of Tampa, a Chesapeake Class pilot boat originally built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in 2003, after an extensive refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. The

Snow & Company pilot boat

Crescent River Port Pilots go to Snow for two new pilot boats

Seattle-headquartered Snow & Company Inc. has been awarded a contract to build two 50-foot pilot boats for the Metairie, La., headquartered Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association. Like the two 64-foot pilot boats

St Johns Bar Pilots order new launch

St. Johns Bar Pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has booked an order from the Florida-based St. Johns Bar Pilots for a new high-speed launch. Based on the successful 40-foot Resilient Class pilot boat introduced

Pilot boat prior to refit

Pilot boat returns to Gladding-Hearn for repower after 19 years of continuous service

A Chesapeake class pilot boat built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding for the Tampa Bay Pilots Association in 2003 is coming back to the Somerset, Mass., shipyard for a major overhaul that includes a

pilot launch

Delaware pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn

The Pilots’ Association of the Bay and River Delaware has ordered another pilot launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Founded in 1896, the association is one of the oldest state pilot organizations

Savannah Pilots take delivery of new pilot boat

Earlier this month, Snow & Company of Seattle, Wash., handed off Savannah, the first of two new 64-foot aluminum pilot boats to the Savannah Pilots Association. Designed by Camarc Design of the

Rendering of pilot launch

Virginia Pilots order 10th Gladding-Hearn pilot launch

The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a high-speed, harbor pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It will be the pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Delivery is scheduled

Profile view of pilot boat

Bermuda Pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn

The Bermuda Government’s Department of Marine and Port Services has returned to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, for a new Chesapeake Class pilot boat. The Somerset, Mass. shipyard previously built a 61-foot pilot/rescue

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