Scenario: You are on a BoatyBall mooring overnight and the wind the next day is more than 30 kts. According to many charter agreements, you are not supposed to leave the mooring with wind > 30 kts, but you are unable to book a BootyBall at 7am when you try...

We were in Jost Great Harbour 3 weeks ago, and although the wind wasn't predicted to go above 30 kts, it was close, so we decided to stay but we were unable to reserve a BoatyBall at 7am. However, we were very lucky to snag a FCFS ball at about 9am -- only 3 FCFS balls freed up that day, and the other 2 were taken by dingies before the boat left the mooring.

At Cooper, all the FCFS balls were gone before we got there (very early in the day), and all of the BoatBalls were reserved, so we were forced to anchor in less than ideal conditions.

I don't like the BoatyBall system.