Beautiful... wonderful...

Nice shot! Thanks for sharing these moments, Chris.

Great shot in 'Yuki' conditions Chris.
My stance in our pilot boat is exactly the same

REgds

Pete

A truly great shot Chris

A rip-roaring image.

Dear Cornelia

She was arriving at Bluff to load tallow and the photos in this set were taken from the Pilot Boat Takitimu II.

In these conditions I stand just inside the wheelhouse and once in position, the boat stops to reduce the spray, the only down side is we usually roll up to 40 degrees in these conditions.

This type of photography is only possible as the new pilot boat can maintain 20 knots in these conditions so basically any angle is possible. With the old pilot boat the Awarua,we would never have been able to get ahead once the pilot was put onboard because the maximum speed was around 8 knots, esentially the same speed as the ship alongside.

Very nice photo Chris.Diego

This is a very nice "action" photo. Any details, under which circumstances the photo was taken ?

Cracking Shot Chris!

Always love your unique action shots from the pilot boat, Chris.
Great stuff as always!

Cheers,

Marc