Welcome to THE PILOT, the magazine of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots’ Association (UKMPA) www.ukmpa.org

Editor: John Clandillon-Baker FNI

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27th January

The January issue has been printed and should be with members during the first week of February. The content will be uploaded onto this site at the end of February / beginning March.

Pilot cutter Estuary Escort in a stiff NEly at the NE Spit.

Photo: Mark Stanford

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HIGH SPEED PILOTAGE PASSAGES!

Houston pilot Louis Vest has taken a time lapse photo sequence navigating and berthing a vessel at night in the upper reaches of the Houston Ship Canal. Enjoy it at the following link:

http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/running-the-houston-ship-channel-at-night/

And, just in case you haven’t already seen it, here’s one, outward bound in daylight,that he made earlier . The same page also has a link to a transit of the Panama Canal in 75 seconds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/2443170048/in/photostream

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BBC RADIO 4 PROGRAMME ON PILOTS

www.impahq.org/

ARTICLE ON PILOTS IN THE TIMES NEWSPAPER

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3122236.ece

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UKMPA PILOTS AWARDED THE MERCHANT NAVY MEDAL

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5200653.ece

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The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the UKMPA. Likewise the interpretations of incident reports are my personal viewpoint and reference should always be made to the official reports via the embedded links.

John Clandillon-Baker FNI : Editor