Yesterday we sailed down to Eggs and Bacon Bay on the Huon and picked up our mooring in the bay for lunch

There was about a 10 to 15 knot north westerly blowing (but the bay has some shelter from wind in this direction), the tide was coming in and there were small waves rolling into the bay from the west

There was 1 other yacht in the bay (a Sailmaster the same as mine) and a power boat on moorings and they were both pointing East with their mooring lines running aft down their sides

I would have assumed that each of the boats in the bay would have been facing the wind and i wonder why they were all stern to the wind direction

Any explanation

Regards Don