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General

Every port of consequence covered by this volume is designated a Competent Harbour Authority under the Pilotage Act 1987. It is their duty to provide licensed pilots if required and decide whether pilotage should be compulsory.

Pilot vessels

Most British pilot vessels are black-hulled with the letter "P' or PILOT painted on the bow or side. A pilot flag is flown when pilots are embarked.

Pilotage in French ports

General

Pilotage is determined by the tonnage or length of a vessel and is laid down for each French port and given in the text of this volume.

French pilots are licensed by the state. On boarding they should be informed of the vessel's draught, speed and any special conditions affecting handling.

Pilot vessels

Most French pilot vessels have a black hull with a narrow white band and an anchor painted on the funnel, if the latter is fitted. The station letters, in white, are painted forward and aft on the bulwarks.

Currents

General movement

In the whole of the area covered by this volume by far the greatest part of the water movement is tidal.

If the water movement is averaged over a long period thus removing the alternating tidal flow, there is a small NE flow through the Dover Strait. From observations taken from light vessels in the area, the average speed of the residual current does not exceed 6 miles per day.

There is complex counter--clockwise circulation within the North Sea. Along the E coast of England the flow is S, and at the entrance to the Thames Estuary the circulation recurves and joins the NE flow along the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands. These sets are very weak compared with the tidal stream rates, and are therefore of little importance even to low-powered vessels.

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