You could be describing us before our last visit to the BVI in May/June!

I took ASA114 before going down to the BVI and it was surely helpful getting some experience with docking and the more complex systems on a cat (compared to our ancient monohull). But in fact our checkout in the BVIs was more help.

We rented a 39 ft cat from the Moorings who insisted we take a "Friendly Captain" for the first couple hours (for free) - we had been warned about this before arriving in the islands because of our lack of experience with cats. He took the boat out of the slip and then put us all through our paces. He had us launch and retrieve the dinghy, motor, maneuver under power, hoist sails, put in a reef, then sail to Peter Island, moor and anchor, then sail back to Tortola and drop him at the head of the Moorings dock. It was really useful because the active crew members (5 of the 6 in our party) got to work together for the first time and really learn about the boat. Despite all this our charter started pretty much on time (maybe at 1:00 rather than 12:00 because we started the training well before 12:00) and we then sailed to Norman and started a highly successful, damage free, and fun week.