more impressive in my mind that everything worked so well. Jon Halvorsen Galveston, Texas City Pilots This boats done everything we hoped it would do. Its fast, light, fuel efficient..., easy to maintain. Its just a fantastic boat. Capt. Whit Smith President Charleston Branch Pilots When it comes to reliability, speed and strength, our new pilot boat... is a superior performer. To put it bluntly, this boat is awesome. Capt. Thomas Brendle Wilmington-Cape Fear Pilots We now have five Gladding-Hearn boats. They re dependable, well built...

, George Duclos, CEO and chairman, co-founded the yard with Pret Gladding and Richard Hearn, and bought out his partners in 1983. The Gladding-Hearn brand is synonymous with pilot boats..., with more launches operating in the United States than any other shipyard. After building pilot boats for more than two decades, the yard joined forces with designer C. Raymond... of tugs, fire and patrol/rescue boats, research vessels, and in the mid-1980s, high-speed catamaran passenger ferries. As a licensee of designer Incat Crowther in Australia...

Pilots Advancing shipbuilding techniques doesnt end when your boat is launched, however. Every Gladding-Hearn vessel is backed 100 percent and performance is guaranteed, a reflection...