Thank you all for making me feel more at ease about this! I was a docking champ back in the "day". Worked at a marina and my job was actually very similar to the check out staff but the "day" was a long, long time ago. When it's a year between charters, being on the water and moving up to a boat that has a 25' beam, and 7 other people spending thousands of dollars counting on you, creates a little anxiety. I do hope the check out capt. get's his own ride back or brings an extra dinghy. Definitely don't want to deal with more docking than necessary and time/fuel spent bringing him back to the base.