For many of us, summer boating plans include coastal cruising to various ports. This often means booking transient slips where you have to accept what is available, anchor or grab a mooring buoy. Many skippers have aced docking at their regular slips, but they sometimes get a little shaken when the dockmaster sends them to a slip flanked by a big motoryacht and a towering sportfisherman.
Being prepared, and having your crew ready for whatever transpires, can save you from considerable duress, not to
