I was searching for my problem and I didn't find some topic similar to my trouble.

This is the matter: I'm modeling a big boat and sometimes I want to select a small object nearest to other in my scene but when I do, in most cases select the nearest object instead of the one I want, I know I'm placing correctly the cursor on the object but still having problems. ¿Is a problem of sensibility in maya? ¿How can I fix it?

I hope I have explained correctly, T will appreciate every attempt to help. :)