Pilot lore; from sail to steam . hen completed, was the largest pilot boat ever placed in commis-sion ; too big, in fact, to be handled easily for the work she wasexpected to do. So in 1837, we find twenty-three pilots working at the SandyHook station, in four pilot boats. Three of the boats cruised aboutwhile the fourth remained as a station boat in close proximity tothe lightship. It was necessary then, as it is now, to maintain sucha station boat at the lightship in order to insure the bringingback ashore of pilots who have taken ships out of the harbor andwho are dropped after the lightshi
Pilot lore; from sail to steam . hen completed, was the largest pilot boat ever placed in commis-sion ; too big, in fact, to be handled easily for the work she wasexpected to do. So in 1837, we find twenty-three pilots working at the SandyHook station, in four pilot boats. Three of the boats cruised aboutwhile the fourth remained as a station boat in close proximity tothe lightship. It was necessary then, as it is now, to maintain sucha station boat at the lightship in order to insure the bringingback ashore of pilots who have taken ships out of the harbor andwho are dropped after the lightship is safely passed. Otherwisethere would be no assurance that a pilot could be taken off theoutgoing ship. Besides these twenty-three sturdy New Yorkers,nine faithful men of the sea went out in the boat built for them bythe State of New Jersey, making a total representation at SandyHook of thirty-two pilots, with competition running strong sincethe advent of the Jerseyites. T7 \S\ — 6 — s c— 2 > s ZS. 2 c > «2 s z Q.
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