PILOT II, Brooklyn, NY – 1932 Over the years, there were seven party boats named "PILOT II" at Sheepshead Bay. This 1932 advertising postcard shows Captain Harry Phillip's first "PILOT II" from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. In 1930, Ernest Fiedler of Bergen Beach Boat Works built the 35-foot "PILOT II" in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, NY. It was equipped with a single 40 HP gasoline engine. This 'Skipjack' style party boat was one of the many vessels built for the Sheepshead Bay fleet by Bergen Beach Boat Works. In 1937, Captain Harry Phillips again turned to Ernest Fiedler to build the second "PILOT II" and in 1939, he sold the first "PILOT II" to Charles Brown who renamed it "DOLPHIN". The postcard is courtesy of Captain Tony 'Mo' Barbato.