Relax, slow down, you are in the islands. Planning on leave the dock by 3. Set everyone's expectations that way. You all will be better for it. Be grateful and delighted with each minute your boat and crew are ready to leave before three.


The variables like the weather are impossible to predict. The actual staff available that day, the other boats coming in and racing to planes/ferries, the number of other boats going out and how disruptive those crews might be to the base managers plans for the day. Then there is always an issue that may pop up with your specific boat that the dock manager decides to address. The refrigerated food deliveries always seem to work out. Those organisations do that everyday of the year with The Moorings. Communicate your plans to the food purveyor and the dock manager honestly and politely and they will work something out even if it does not look like they are launching into action like a NYC doorman. Do not be "the guy at the desk".