pilot boat

I was rereading On a Sea of Glass today for research and in the footnotes, it stated that "according to descendants of George Bowyer", he did not leave the Titanic in the Solent via a pilot boat but instead sailed on to Cherbourg. The reason being they could save time lost from leaving...

A bit of a trivial question but I need to confirm /find out.... Does anyone know the name of this pilot boat (If it is a pilot boat), where George Bowyer disembark aboard the Titanic and if so, did this boat came from Southampton or the Isle of wright? I heard a rumour the boat's called the...