When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking, what
are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?

Stern to seems to offer the advantage of ladder and swim platform access
with the disadvantage of a more difficult backward maneuver, but the
advantage of not having a line to tangle in the prop.

Bow to offers the advantage of a less difficult forward maneuver with the
disadvantage of climbing onto the bow or swimming around to the stern.

I'm new at this so I'm probably overthinking the scenario, but I have to
teach my wife how to drive the boat (don't ask) and anchor it for her
upcoming camping trip. Our little 18 footer bowrider has an anchor buddy
that I bought for the occasion and 100 feet of rode attached to 6 feet of
chain and a danforth anchor and 30 feet of line for tieing to land.

Shoreline is gravelly with near shore submerged rocks.

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