Category: Charleston Branch Pilots Association

Pilot boat Fort Ripley returns to Gladding-Hearn for refit and repower The Charleston Branch Pilots have returned the pilot boat Fort Ripley to Gladding-Hearn for a refit and repower after 10 years of continuous service for the port of Charlestown. The all-aluminum vessel will also be fitted with a new Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer. The…