Try it, and then try my way, and then tell me which is better.

By the way, with my method you can pass a crew over by
stepping from the stern of one boat onto the other, and then
back again.

Wally wrote

Bart Senior wrote:
I would tell the other boat to heave-to and I'd
do a mooring shoot on his stern and direct him to
toss any tool into the cockpit as I passed by and
bore away to heave-to on the other tack while I
grabbed whatever it was.

Why not throw a line between the two boats and pass the item over in a
similar manner to using a breeches buoy? That way, nobody leaves their
boat.
--
Wally