I came on deck at 05:45 to this sight.
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Sunrise, inside Passage
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At sundown, a Canadian cutter came from nowhere to pick up the Pilot on board our ship.
Speed was an understatement.
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The boat slowed to come along side the cruise ship.
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Lot of interesting equipment.
The pilot steps through a side hatch in the cruise ship on the deck of the pilot boat.
Turning on a dime, the pilot boat speeds off into the sunset.
Some serious horsepower.
Off through the wake of our ship. The whole process was over in a few minutes.