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- The latest issue: April 2010
PILOT TRAINING COURSES
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Coastlines
Tyne Cruising Pilot Cutters
The first Tyne steam cutter : Pilot of 1852
The entrance to the River Tyne can be hazardous in bad weather for vessels under sail and was very much more so before the completion of the North and South piers.This fact posed many problems for Tyne Pilots operating a ‘Boarding Service’. Read the rest of this entry »
Thames Barge Match: Pilotage skills win the day!
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Saturday 13th June saw 14 traditional barges assemble for the 79th Thames Sailing Race (or “Match” in sailing barge terms).
PLA pilot Chris Spurling on the helm with skipper Richard Tichener
Pilots’ Golfing Society
L-R: I Leask, D. Fortnum. M. Love. P. Pullen
The 34th meeting of the Marine pilots golfing society took place at Hollins Hall just outside Leeds on Sunday 6th September to Tuesday 8th September 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
45th EMPA Football Tournament – OSTEND
This year the Ostend pilots (LSOV) hosted the 45th European Pilots Football Tournament. Held since 1964, this is the 7th time that Ostend has organised this great occasion.
Players are: L-R: Willy Terry ( Forth), Matt Easton ( Liverpool), Pater Flanagan (London), Kevin Walsh (Captain, Liverpool), Steve Blake (Tees), Terry Crowe (Ex Liverpool, cheerleader)
Mike McNeill (Manchester), Graham Langley ( Manchester)Devey (Ex Liverpool, cheeleader)
Front Row: Steve Swanick (Manchester), Chris Spurling (London), Dave Williamson (Liverpool) Kenneth McInnes (Forth), Zane Jaochim (Tees), Simon Wood (Liverpool) Read the rest of this entry »
Liverpool Pilots Retire. Another End of Era
Liverpool’s “Class of 1960”
May and June of this year saw the retirement of the last three serving pilots of the 1960 Liverpool intake of apprentices or “Boathands,” which was the legal, ‘Bye-Law’ term for trainee pilots. Read the rest of this entry »
Obituary: John Frankish 1922 – 2009
John Frankish, retired Trinity House Cinque Ports Pilot, died on the 19th May 2009 at the age of 87.
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Pilots Awarded The Merchant Navy Medal
The MN Medal recipients with Admiral Lord West of Spithead. All photos: John Neligan
Further to last year’s Merchant Navy medal awards which saw retired Liverpool pilot Dave Devey receive the medal for “services to UK and European pilotage” (see pilot 292) December 4th last year saw two UKMPA serving pilots receive the award from Admiral Lord West of Spithead at St Michael Paternoster Royal Church, City of London. Read the rest of this entry »
The pilot cutter “Protector”
Wendy Cummin has kindly granted permission for her research into the loss of the pilot cutter “Protector” to be placed on this website. The photographs have been supplied by retired Harwich pilot, Andy Adams.
The pilot cutter “Protector”
Although not as common as in WW2, there were many civilian deaths in WW1. Read the rest of this entry »
Retirement on the Tees: Paul Dunn
RETIREMENT ON THE TEES: Paul Dunn
Paul receives a retirement gift from colleague Alan Hayward at the UKMPA conference.
The UKMPA conference saw a further reduction in the dwindling numbers of Trinity House pilots still piloting when Tees pilot Paul Dunn retired after 29 years of service. Read the rest of this entry »
Belfast goes Carbon Neutral!
Left Billy Esler, Right: Liam Magee. Zoe is most definitely the one in the middle.
Belfast Port recently became the first UK port to be granted carbon neutral status.
To mark the occasion Zoe Salmon (Blue Peter presenter) was invited to launch the eco drive and by pure coincidence there happened to be a couple of Belfast pilots available at short notice for a photo shoot!
Their obvious discomfort at being included in the event is clearly evident from the photo. How we suffer for our profession!!
JCB
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