Compulsory pilotage
The following categories of vessel are subject to compulsory pilotage:

• all vessels of 50m or more in overall length
• all vessels of 30m or more in overall length, or 10m overall beam, carrying more than 12 passengers.

• the 'passenger' means any person carried in a vessel who is not employed or engaged in any capacity of ship's business on board.
• children under one year of age are not counted as passengers.

Request for pilots
Vessels bound for Poole requiring the services of a pilot should make their request 24 hours beforehand to:

Poole Harbour Control
Tel: 01202 440230
Fax: 01202 674801

Details of the vessel's draught, length, beam and last port of call must be included.