Defensive Pilotage Techniques

Defensive Pilotage Techniques

So the approach which looked bold and classy in past may look foolish now if not done with adequate contingency.
So it becomes increasingly important that wherever possible maneuvers should be done in such way that failure of one single equipment (engine failure, tug rope parting, tug failure etc.) does not put vessel into immediate danger and pilots get time to react to situation even if such maneuvering practices take little more time.

How’s That!!

It’s not cricket I’m talking of. But of a question I’m increasingly having to put to myself. After a long innings as a seafarer and then almost as long ashore as a pilot, the thought rattles around in the head. The mind says ‘no’, the body whispers ‘better go’. So, when should I give myself…