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

Wally,

I've used a Ditty bag with a can of beer for weight on the end of a poly
1/4" line (Crab Pot line) to get a stuffing box wrench.
He kept the beer and I pulled the wrench in.

The return was done back at the Marina the next day

Ole Thom

.. How do you get the item? Would you ever abandon your boat to raft
over to him? Under any circumstances?

We've sailed in fleet before....everyone has their radios tuned to the same
channel and converses back and forth... when someone wants a beer from
another boat they radio to slow down, speed up, whatever and then there's a
hand-off or a toss....and auto-helm is used but noone ever leaves a boat
unattended piloted by a machine (at least I would hope not)

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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