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Over the past year, there is one thing we constantly see people having trouble with, and that is picking up a mooring ball. Here are some of the common errors we've seen. #1. Approaching the mooring ball way too fast. #2.) Multiple people up front each telling the captain to go a different direction. #3.) People trying to hold onto the mooring ball to stop the boats forward momentum, which then causes the boat hook to bend or break. #4.) Approaching the ball from the wrong direction. ... and many others. In this video, I demonstrate how we pick up a mooring ball. Each boat is different and there are many ways to pick up mooring balls, but I am just showing you how we do it on Sail Pending. I'm Tyler, and I live on Sail Pending with my Mom and Dad. We've sailed down the ICW and through the Eastern Caribbean Island chain and now we are planning to cruise through the Western Caribbean and beyond. Over the years my parents have taught me our boat systems and now I am the one who runs the boat. (With their supervision of course). Running a boat and knowing the systems is pretty straight forward to me, because this is how I have grown up. My parents were both commercial pilots and flight instructors and they say that you don't really understand systems and maneuvers until you are able to use words to explain them to others. So, now they want me to be able to teach others about our systems and operations pertaining to running a boat. That is why I am making these videos. It's part of my "boat schooling" curriculum. I hope you enjoy my videos and subscribe to our family's YouTube channel to see all of our cruising adventures.