fromaway3774 said:
We are there for the same dates. Sailing a 44' Lagoon from Conch Charters. Our boat at home is a monohull so hopefully we will NOT be the afternoon's entertainment as we try to pick up a mooring in a boat we are not used to handling. If you do see such a sight, be kind, and come over for a cold beer after we manage to sort things out.
With twin screws you should be able to put the starboard hull right on a ball and hold it there until the crew on the bow completes their work in silence. The biggest flaws are way too many people on the bow. Do not put anyone up their you do not need until you have boat control nailed. Then from the beginning make sure you are approaching the ball into the wind with just enough speed to control the boat long before your get to the ball and never more speed than you need for the boat to track straight. No extra bodies, weight, arms, and mouths on the bow. Dead slow into the wind long before you get to the ball. Speed, overcontrol, confusion, too many directors all piled up on the bow make for great laughs and YouTube. Find an empty mooring area early where you will not attempt to pick up the ball and practice putting and holding your favored bow on the ball. Maybe one person with a boat hook that directs and calls the drill complete when they can easily touch the ball and hold the boat hook against the ball for 10 seconds. Go slow early otherwise you will have no idea whether you have boat control or not.
