Sandy Hook Pilots

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Sandy Hook Pilots

Group of Sandy Hook Pilots
Nickname	Maritime pilot or Harbor pilot
Named after	Sandy Hook, barrier spit
Formation	1694
Founded at	New York City
Headquarters	Staten Island
Location	New York/New Jersey, US
Origins	A group of men to ensure safe passage of ships into the New York Harbor
Services	Piloting
Affiliations	Sandy Hook Pilots Association

Sandy Hook Pilots are licensed maritime pilots that are members of the Sandy Hook Pilots Association for the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Hudson River, and Long Island Sound. Sandy Hook pilots guide oceangoing vessels, passenger liners, freighters, and tankers in and out of the harbor.^[1] The peninsulas of Sandy Hook, and Rockaway in Lower New York Bay define the southern entrance to the port at the Atlantic Ocean.