Pilot Transportation System

Below are pictures of the Columbia River Bar Pilots past and present pilot transportation system used for boarding vessel on the Columbia River.

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1 Schooner Columbia .
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03 Daughter boat rowing to board pilot
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4 Orig Peacock with daughter boat astern
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5 2nd Columbia
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6 Peacock with daughter boat on board
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Pilot Boat Columbia on a clear day
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8 Columbia ready for duty
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9 Columbia Peacock tied to barge dock. Hammond boat basin
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10 Pilot 1 helo
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11 Seahawk hovering
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Pilot Boat Chinook at sunset
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13 Chinook
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14 Chinook outbound Columbia River Bar
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15 Chinook
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19 Seahawk II
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20 Helo Seahawk II in flight
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22 Daughter boat alongside ship delivering pilot
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23 daughter boat departing log carrier
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26 Columbia alongside vessel
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27 Chinook alongside vessel
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28 boarding off Chinook
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28 boarding off the PV Chinook - the first step & reaching the top of a 30 foot rope pilot ladder
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29 Helo in hover over pilot ready for pick up w/winch
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30a Helo Seahawk in hover alongside
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32 Pilot being lowered to deck of ship
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33 Pilot approahing helo on deck of bulk carrier
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34 Helo Seahawk on hatch of UNC Balboa
35Pilotlowereddeckinbound.jpg
35 Pilot being lowered to deck of inbound container ship Bosporus Bridge

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