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Pilot boat
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This article is about the boat type. For boats named Pilot, see Pilot (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with boat pilot.
A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship got the business. Today, pilot boats are scheduled by telephoning the ship agents/representatives prior to arrival.
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