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Old 06-18-2016, 03:12 PM   #28
Hurrying Nowhere
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Originally Posted by bayview View Post
Pilot boats need to be able to catch ships. a displacement hull wont do that. they also don't care about range. At speed they do achieve dynamic stability.
In ports around coastal BC, big ships come in very very slowly.
It doesn't require a fast boat to catch them.
I see them coming in so slowly that over shooting them would be more likely than not catching them.
I was padding padding my kayak in a relaxed manner and passed 2 ships coming into the harbor last summer.
They tend to move just fast enough to maintain steerage....maybe a knot or so. I'm 45 and not an Olympic athlete.....if i pass you in my kayak you're barely moving.
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