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‘Out punt!’: the Bristol pilot’s call

January 3, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

Captain George Buck recollects two night watches, five miles southwest of the Wolf Rock, waiting for an expected ship from[…]

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Pilots in the Bristol Channel: 1930s

November 19, 2019 beverley yates Uncategorized

The tidal range of the Bristol Channel has always been a challenge to shipping approaching from the Atlantic, and conditions[…]

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Through Jack Sound, 1886

November 1, 2019 beverley yates Uncategorized

After a detailed description of the sail plan for the Swansea Bay pilot boats, Eden Northmore Jones tells the tale[…]

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