Updated: August 11, 2014 (Originally published July 25, 2014)
Check out this video showing a pilot boat that made its approach a little too hot, leading to a collision.
The boat in the video is the pilot-tender “Borkum”, out of Emben, Germany, and is interesting because of its SWATH hull design.
h/t Marine Insight
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