The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a 55’10″x17’2″ Chesapeake-class MK II launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding. Its the ninth pilot boat built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard for the Virginia pilots since 1983.
Since the first Chesapeake-class pilot boat was built by Gladding-Hearn in 2003, 22 boats have been delivered to 11 pilot associations throughout the U.S.
The Virginia pilots’ MK II launch incorporates the performance benefits of Volvo Penta’s IPS 3-pod system and Humph...
