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Rule 29
Pilot vessel or vessels
with a pilot aboard may display the international
code flag 'H', this has the meaning-"I have
a pilot aboard."
Ferries may display
a similar flag but the colours are white above red
horizontal bands, this indicates that the master
is a pilot.
At night
pilot vessels display all round white over red lights.
(WHITE
OVER RED-PILOT AHEAD)
Pilot
vessels never display a masthead light, so you can
not determine the length of the vessel.
It may
be difficult to differentiate a pilot vessel at anchor
from one seen from astern. Usually the speed of the
vessel will indicate one making way.
