Daily Life: Puget Sound Ship Pilot

Over 7,500 HUGE ships come and go from the Puget Sound each year. In this edition of Daily Life we find out what it takes to bring those ships to dock.

[michlo]

3:45 TOTE Maritime huh? I remember reading a book about one of their ships sailing straight into the eyewall of a category 3 hurricane and sinking with all hands. Wild.

[dennisx]

@ 03:36 is Captain George Thoreson with the Puget Sound Pilots! He's a really cool guy and has an awesome taste in music!

[linedanzer]

Very interesting and informative. Well explained and easily understood. This is a very important yet dangerous job. Takes a high degree of intelligence and the skillset to strategize and analyze so many things at once. *My hat goes off to these men and women. Big respect and prayers for them all.*

[bassclef]

I'll pay more attention to the ships in Elliott Bay now! Very interesting.

[johnburrow]

VERY WELL DONE, AND INFORMATIVE. JB, SF

[runenilsen]

Everything you see on the decks, outside the cabin, plus on the fly bridge, as well as the rub rails and man lift on the stern, I installed, while working at Nordlund Boat, in Tacoma, Washington where they were built.

[robertnagan]

That's 205 a day! That's a lot of ships

[sanfranciscobay]

Probably the most dangerous part is getting off on onto the Pilot Boat from the larger ship. One slip and you can be crushed to death. I'm surprised they don't use a safety harness and ropes to secure the Pilot from falling. Safety gear works both ways. It can protect you and it can also trap you.

[bradysmith]

Have you ever went on the same ship more than once that you remember

[shahza]

Would have been better if portions of the clip to include the actual con of the vessel upon taking over from the Capt till the vessels safely secured.

[ericapoe]

who's video is this? Is there a way to contact them? Eric Apoe

[chrissmith]

How do they overcome the language barriers?