I was just looking at a nice Vue picture in the gallery:  a sailing-ship coming into dock.   The problem is that the vessel is coming into dock without any visible means of propulsion.   There are no sails showing  - well, I can understand that taking the sails in within port is a good idea.   On the other hand, there is nothing else, other than blind faith, to coax the ship to the dockside.   I'd guess that sailing ships needed to be towed in by rowed boats and that the harbour-pilot, in those days, supervised the rowing, whether or not he participated.

Can anyone confirm how this worked, please?