From what I learned is that the mooring balls further back in the field is where there is less depth and don't skirt along the outside of the field to come in from behind. After freeing our keel from a shallow sandy spot we were fine in the middle of the field. I would think to get to the new Wonky Dog balls ....... you will have to navigate across a shallower area to get to the deeper set moorings? How is anchoring south of the pier? I have heard people mention Palmetto Point but not much talk of the inner anchorage.