What is a Pilot Station? A Pilot is someone who hops onto a Pilot Boat with their Coxswain and goes out across the water to meet a Ship. The Pilot embarks the Ship and expertly guides it across the water into the Dock safely, and the Coxswain drive their Pilot boat back to the station. There is a treacherous reef here called Hebe Reef - where many Ships have been wrecked across history. The ‘Pilot Station’ is where the Pilots, Coxswain and their boat are located and launch from.