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-11- 1890 when the ClayrAore v/as launched in Victoria there aoes not seem to have been any one official pilot boat in the inlet, though the pilots would appear to have been ver^^ active during tnose years requiring considerable disciplinary action at times by the Board^ In 1890, however, came the much-heralded launching of the Claymore; fifty feet in length, twelve feet in breadth and drawing five and a half feet, she was built for Captain Urquhart at a cost of over $2,500,00. Certainly from her description she would appear to have been lavishly appointed and pictures of her show a hull of considerable grace. Initially it seems, the pilots lived aboard her, doing a week^s tour of duty at a time, cruising the inlet and keeping watch for incoming shipping, though she does seem to have spent considerable time at anchor in ^kunk Cove (Caulfeild), a sheltered indentation 3 just east of Point Atkinson. In 1^91 an important agreement t© work together 1. Minute Book,. Tale and New Westminster Pilotage Authority, op.ci' 2. The Colonist, 4th May, 1890 Nev/ Pilot Service Boat’’ 3. Major J.S. Matthews, Early Vancouver, Vol, IV, op.cit. P2?4* Conversation with V/.A. Grafton, 20th May, 1937.