[4] On 9 March 1817 Captain William Pexton 1817 sailed from Cork for Port Jackson, and arrived there on 29 July 1817.

He had drawn up and issued to Captain Pexton and the commander of the guard a detailed set of instructions concerning the care and security of the convicts.

When Pilot arrived at Port Jackson he passed a copy of these to Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

By the mid-1820s the government itself developed and disseminated detailed regulations[6] After she delivered her convicts, Pilot sailed on 7 September for Hobart,[7] and then in November for Batavia.

The Register of Shipping for 1819 showed Pilot with S. Owens, master, Somes, owner, and trade London—Ceylon.