Category: pilot launch

  • 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,…

  • Delaware Pilots’ new launch features a full suite of Furuno USA electronics

    Delaware Pilots’ new launch features a full suite of Furuno USA electronics The new Chesapeake class launch Pennsylvania, recently delivered to the Pilots’ Association of the Bay and River Delaware by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is equipped with a full suite of Furuno USA marine electronics. Expertly installed by Cay Electronics of Rhode Island, the electronics deliver…