My opinion - the more you provision ahead of time the better. We took the suggestion of another on this forum and had everything delivered to the boat. Brought down frozen meat (vacuum sealed) - paid $10 duty. Used Riteway, Caribbean Cellars and Tico's - for food and booze. CC and Tico's emailed me ahead of time with items that were out of stock - gave me time to decide if we wanted something else. Riteway will not substitute. Arrived to base at 4pm and everything was onboard and items in the fridge. I found this very helpful. Saved us time after a long travel day.

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