San Francisco Bar Pilots
State-licensed pilot organization, founded in 1850, that navigates commercial ships over the bar and through San Francisco Bay, its tributaries and Monterey Bay.
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The San Francisco Bar Pilots were created in 1850 by the first legislative session of the State of California, making them one of the oldest maritime organizations on the Pacific Coast. Pilots are licensed and regulated by the United States Coast Guard and the California Board of Pilot Commissioners. Trainees are selected through a written examination and simulator evaluation and complete a training program of up to 36 months, piloting a minimum of 300 ships.
The pilots share the costs of the association, which operates five pilot boats and the shore-based pilot station at Pier 9 and has 35 employees; operating costs are paid by the ship owners using the service. The organization joined the International Maritime Pilots Association in 1970, expanded its grounds to Stockton and Sacramento in 1984 and to Monterey Bay in 2001, and added the pilot vessel Golden Gate in 2023.
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