Artemis Technologies has launched its latest take on the electric-propelled hydrofoil with its EF-12, which is billed as the world's first 100% electric, zero-emissions hydrofoil pilot boat designed to make transporting ships' pilots greener and safer.

Though it's not widely used today, a once-common phrase in politics was "dropping the pilot," used to describe the removal of a foundational, long-serving, or highly experienced expert whose influence has become inconvenient to current leadership.

Its origin comes from the maritime profession of a harbor pilot – an expert with deep training and experience in local waters and their hazards, whose job is to go aboard large ships to navigate them safely in or out of a harbor.

It's a dangerous job. Putting the pilot aboard an inbound ship or retrieving them from an outbound one must take place between the ship and a pilot boat while at sea. It often involves the pilot making a carefully timed jump from one vessel to the other, while hoping not to be caught between the two or dumped into the ocean.

Author :David Szondy

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