BERTH A SINGLE-ENGINE BOAT
The first choice to make when arriving at a berth in a singleengine boat is whether to go in bow or stern first. Bow-in is usually simpler, however, best practice is to leave the boat as you found it, which in this case was stern-in.
As a stiff wind is blowing across the aisle in this example, there are two crucial points to get right to avoid hitting the boats downwind. The first is the turn into the aisle, as that
