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San Francisco Bar Pilotage: Dispatch Through Fog and the Golden Gate
San Francisco pilots board offshore at the Bar, then take ships through the Gate and a busy bay to Oakland, Richmond, and the rivers. Fog, current, and an offshore boarding ground make timing everything. Here's the dispatch challenge of the district.
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Columbia River Pilotage: Dispatch Across the Bar and the River
The Columbia pairs one of the world's most dangerous bar crossings with a hundred-mile river transit serving multiple ports — and two separate pilot groups who hand off at Astoria. Here's the dispatch challenge of the whole system and what coordinating it actually takes.
#columbia-river#bar-pilotage#pilots-association#binnacle-passage