With their enclosed wheelhouses, safe walkaround decks and facilities for overnighting, pilothouse boats have become extremely popular with everyone from solo skippers to first-time family buyers and amateur anglers in search of year round adventures. The only downside of this design is that it creates a lot of windage close to the bow relative to the size and weight of the boat, making the early single-engine shaft-drive boats notoriously tricky to berth. Boating instructor Jon Mendez shares his top tips...

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