Have a crew chat about everyone's breakfast expectations and preferences. Some folks are good to go with a coffee and PBJ. Others prefer omelettes with bacon, ham or sausage plus toast and Mimosas, finished off with Coffee and Baileys. Have the chat and find a happy medium, as well as recognizing that some crew have to be willing to tend galley in the AM.

Bread is probably the most finicky provision you will bring aboard. Perfectly fine at 8 AM and blueberry bread by noon. Either freeze it, or plan to restock it every chance you get, just like Ice. VGYH, Leverick, Anegada, CGB, Jost, Sopers/ West End will be able to take care of you.

Lunch onboard, IME, is not usually a happening thing, as sailing, diving, snorkeling, swimming, and power-tanning often outweigh putting someone in the galley to conjure up " lunch". "Lunch" ( for us) usually waits until boat is moored or anchored early to mid afternoon, and morphs into an onboard " Happy Hour". That isn't a bad thing, as it holds down the check totals at dinner on-shore. Or it morphs into "we don't need dinner on shore." Then again, if no one is up for galley duty, Happy Hour onshore segues into dinner, too.


So, if this group of 8 has never done this before, together, really talk about the expectations. The provisioning expenses are highly variable on < expectations>. If you don't know what to expect, provision for 2-3 days from the dock. Those 2-3 days will get you to a place where you can remedy most any situation and fill any need.

It is really , really, easy to drop a BOAT unit in food provisions for 8 people. It is a very hard lesson when you are back at the dock for checkout and you are giving half of it away.