On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:52:30 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

I've even been known to back the boat up to the mooring, though I know
it looks a little strange to do that.

I used to do that all the time with my old sportfish. The trick there
was to scramble down the ladder from the flybridge before the boat
drifted too far away from the pick up stick. Grabbing it from the
stern was just about the only possible way and it also gives you
better visibility of exactly where to stop the boat.

The big trick of course, is getting the boat flipped back around with
the mooring at the bow but that's another chapter.