Category: Peter Duclos
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Virginia Pilots order new Gladding-Hearn harbor launch
Virginia Pilots order new Gladding-Hearn harbor launch The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a new high-speed, pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It’s the Virginia pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard since 1983. The all-aluminum launch is designed and outfitted for the pilots’ Hampton Roads harbor station. An all-new,…
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Pilot boat Fort Ripley returns to Gladding-Hearn for refit and repower
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…