This video brought me back to the days we sailed with my father on board oil tankers back in 80s and 90. That moment when the door opens and you are greeted by the smell of the ocean, the sound of your feet on the deck, the horizon, how massive the tanker is and how wonderful and unique experience it is. Thank you for this video.

Great job mr pilot every dollar u earn is worthy good job by crew members Good respect for pilot Stay safe always

Why do I find this oddly satisfying?

Thank you Edward for enlightening me. I've never been around ships or even boats, so that makes perfect sense. Always something new to learn. Thanks again for your comment.

It is official. There is no way I could do this. Acrophobia and this job do not mix well. Thank you for posting this video Edward. I shall now relive this in my nightmares.

Those windshield wipers are just something else

This is how i feel getting off a bunk bed to go to the toilet

0:38 anyone else tought he was going to jump in the water?

The weather's pleasant, bad weather is totally something else, rolling, pitching, swells, crest, troughs could increase difficulty level by more than ten folds...🤗

How nice of them to give you a ‘red-carpet’

the trick is NOT TO LOOK DOWN, I remember climbing ladders at a job the guy said, just look where your going and when your at the top focus at the job in hand

Thats one hell of a big ship there

That kind of climbing only sucks when the ship is rocking and your swinging and trying to aim for the boat at the bottom.

Getting off the ship would be a days work for me .

Interesting design of windshield wiper (sliding side to side instead of pivoting) on the boat the pilot rode away -- never saw ones like that before.

The Anti-Clickbait

If this is fairly large cant imagine what really large would be

Her: Wanna come over Me: But I’m working... Her: I’m home alone ;) Me:

“Morning Jeff” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 gotta love it. Just another day at the office for these gentleman.

A fairly large ship.... and. I thought my 6 meter boat was big.

The rope ladder is where I stop. Forget it. I assume he had to first climb up that thing. FORGET IT.

Wow. Now thats a person of nerves of steel. Brave as heck. Tip my hat to them.

Surly there should be a 20m or 30m retractable fall arrest cable. It should be mandatory on all ships.

Nice video of disembarking

A true weather cakewalk day for this !

that is brave, NO WAY could I do that

Just like it is for me to use the bathroom from my bedroom, or it at least it feels that way.....whee...........so to speak.

I felt so sweaty and nervous while watching this. Wow!!!

Amazing experience really awesome

Pantheon Tankers. Thats an awesome vessel

Great username for a Pilot... there’s a good chance Blackbeard would have walked the street of my village!

Very interesting but a strange question... is the chap on the pilot boat "Geoff" or "Jim"?

She is gng on her ballast voyage

Have done it for some years but no more. Simply when you feel that you cannot do it you just stop doing it. Otherwise it is not so hard as it appears to be (at least not always).

WHY IS MARK, THE SKIPPER OF THE PILOT BOAT, "NOT" WEARING HIS PFD ??

that ladder makes me nervous I wish there was a better way for them to geton and off the boat stay safe guys

I'm gonna join the merchant navy soon and specific part makes me most nervous. Lol

The pilot boats always look so cool

Whats the big deal🤔looks like me heading for the bathroom every morning 😁

They rolled out the red carpet for him even. 😁

Going down is easy, boarding is a different matter. Coffee Pilot? No, just oxygen......

Edward Teach, or shall we call you Blackbeard? Lol. How long does it take to become a harbor pilot? My late uncle is was a ferry boat pilot in Seattle in the 80’s-90s.. I vaguely remember going up in the wheelhouse as a kid. I have pictures of my 3 year old self up there with him.

Blimey it's no less precarious once you step off the ladder : I'd be holding on with both hands on that boat.

Great job. Lucky chap. Although, What about in a high sea and it's unsafe to get back to the pilot vessel ?

Some pilots arrive by helo.

I got dizzy just watching him do down the stairs.

Salute to all seafarers..

Hello Edward, I’m liking to see your videos, I always look for that tape of Chanel. Questio, You guys do that procedure at the night too?

I always wonder how much they make doing this

Happy to be back 🙂

Great film. Thanks for sharing

Awesome footage guys... Stay safe.

One massive ship wow

Is your camera a intrinsically safe? Because if it wasnt, wonder how that tanker Capt / Company allowed you to...

It's always harder for a man to get off

Well i never, up until a month ago i never thought about this.but it's kind of interesting & a little dangerous. thanks

What happens if the ship arrives at the port in the night? Does the pilot still climb the rope and planks ladder to get on the vessel to direct it to the harbour ? Or the ship has to wait till day break?

Morning Jeff!

Good job STS MUARA BERAU ANCHORAGE

But where the fuck are u guys going? U left d ship 🚢

The part that I hate, climbing down! 🤣

That ship looked like it was under thrust. Wouldn't wanna fall off an get sucked under

The fine anxiety can't hook the ratio.

Video very good.

Thks

Why TF am I watching this at 3am

Greek Ship ???

What was the name of the ship? Looks familiar, certainly the poster in the stairwell does! Quite a few tankers this size load here on the Tees for discharge at IOJ, a d are restricted to a draft of about 12.5m due to the shallow nature of your estuary.

I saw a very good camera, what's the brand of your body camera?

Those wind shield wipers are new to me, first time seeing something like those on a boat. Any chance you know more about the wind shield wipers? The company that makes them, they look automatic but I’m sure it’s a switch to turn them on and off but I kinda wanna know more about those.

What kind of camera(good pic quality) and did you have helmet + installation for that?

Nice video.

Wow 🙏 Thanks for sharing

Hi How pilots get on/off ship when it's pitching and rolling too much?

Amazing bro

EASY BORDING! TRY THE, COLUMBIA RIVER BAR!!

Good video

Scary as hell.

Can a pilot go from an outbound ship right to an inbound or vice versa?

The crew on the larger vessel should have thrown a life belt over, and possible a smoke generator float, (1) To mark the spot (2) For the man overboard to hang onto. There were no man ropes. The rescue ladder should have been lowered sooner. Ive never been in favour of bringing a casualty onboard over the stern, due to swell and prop danger There should be a rescue ladder on both sides, and a hoist over the top of the wheelhouse that can be deployed on either side, pilot cutters have a tendency to roll heavenly in most weathers when stationary, (Much like hauling a net in on a Side Winder trawler) Useing the leeward side you use the role to your advantage. In fact I have hauled a man inboard over the side, without a ladder, using the role of the cutter, without the assistance of a hoist.

can someone tell me why the swap pilots?

That day was a good day.

Hi Edward, my name is Katie Jones and I am a digital journalist with CBS 10 Tampa Bay. We are working on a story about the importance of maritime pilots and I was wondering if you'd allow us to use this video on all our platforms with courtesy to you. Please let me know if you are okay with this. We are working on a deadline, so any response as soon as possible is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

when you goin dowen word .in this point i think the one rope from top of ship you hoke with him and then you going down word after you reach safely he pul the rope ..

what’s up with the weird pathway on the deck of the tanker?

Cool vid

How much roughly for a ship that size for the pilotage out of port - are there numerous variables factored in ?

No way in hell. Don't know what this job pays. But it ain't enough.

Large ships but no elevator what is that.

Fairly large ship??? Looks like a township, the guy walks forever on the red carpet!!!

Quite different than how they do it on a Cruise Ship.

how large is that ship

amazing

It's called combination ladders

What does the pilot DO? Isn't there a captain driving the ship already?

20th century still use the rope ladder

So cool

Nice

Just to say why would a pilot be on ship?

I bitch about coming home to my 3rd floor apartment 😁