They were taken to Sandhamn by pilot boat. A dory from the pilot boat rescued the survivors from the rocks. Further complications with pilot boat scheduling were also announced over the ship's public address system. Based on this, Archer started to reform the pilot boat design in 1872. It now serves as a LPC work boat and relief pilot boat named "LPC Rescue". At the time of the collision, she was being escorted by the Vlissingen pilot boat. However, the pilot boat of Arati Saha did not arrive in time. Offshore, a pilot boat collided with a larger ship in the rough seas and sank. The pilot boat, George W. Blunt, No. 11, was built by son Daniel Westervelt.