17 trips sailing the BVI.......

We follow procedures. Time en route from Machioneel Bay, Cooper Island, ( 3 plus hours since we sail it, not motor , Time can vary with wind direction and wind speed...and sail plan. Last may, we only tacked once. Usually it is more.

Passage to Leverick, Good stuff, we love sailing, and we always navigate into Virgin Gorda Sound, thru the pass keeping Colquhoun Reef to starboard. We use coastal piloting and use the in place navaids for navigation.
Also, we follow the advised procedure to motor thru the pass. We keep the main up, with the jib rolled in. Once in the lee of Virgin Gorda we drop the main, and prepare to moor or dock at Leverick ..

We leave Norman and the Willy T early , early morning, and stop at the indians and pelican for snorkeling and breakfast. Some times we head over to
Cooper for the first night, and hold off on the Willy T for our last hoot em up, before returning the vessel . Norman to Leverick is a pretty long sail...maybe 5 hrs. Again, that time can vary either side.

Yes , Leverick is a long sail, depends on tacks, the wind direction and speed. You can estimate your time using DR track lines. If you motor, no need to tack, same thing. Time, speed, distance and direction. No worries.

We depart early from the Indians, or Cooper and never had a problem with picking up a mooring at Leverick. As the OP does, we always work it out to
be in Leverick for the friday night jump up, bbq, band, dancing and the mocko jumbies. Actually, we try to arrive a Leverick the night before the jump up. Then spend an extra day or so there, for fun and frolic.

Just FYI, present time at Leverick, on this last trip may 2019, we were concerned about getting a mooring due the the boaty balls . So , for a few bucks more
We reserved a slip in the marina. ( Jenneau 36i,) No worries, no dinking back an forth several times. easy for ice, fresh water, provisions, swimming pool, bar, happy hour, restaurant, , showers ashore, Taxi to the baths, etc.,
Fuel was available, but not needed as we sail every passage, with generally good winds . ( note....turned out there were FCFS moorings available at Leverick when we arrived. ) But the slip made live pretty easy.

However, we do follow procedures and NEVER in a mono hull made the passage between Mosquito Island , and Anguilla Point. There is a reef , and shallows with
a very narrow passage. I see catamarns going thru there,, but I also see catamarans at full speed going over the reef at Canegarden Bay, instead of using the marked pass.
Then they come roaring over the reef, into the CGB , wake rocking, thru the mooring field that is full of boats. Yep,

Over the years, we have seen smaller monohulls and cats go thru the narrow passage between Anguilla and Mosquito Rock, They maybe beat us by 15 plus minutes.....
Also, at your chart breifing, the staff member of the charter company will usually mark your chart with a big X, and advise you not to go thru there.