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Originally Posted by bayview
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.
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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.