bonefish said:
We had a skipper assigned to us when we chartered a 50 foot Lagoon from TMM at the request of the boat owner.
Nice guy named John. He let me take the boat off the dock and just sat back and watched us operate. We sailed through the cut and over to CGB where we dropped him off.
No cost to us other than cab fare for him to get home. We all enjoyed having him on the boat.
Once you leave the BVI and the marketing companies running boat operations that is more common. One common final step in the checkout elsewhere it to take a staff member away from the dock to a channel marker circled on a chart and return the staff member safely to the dock.
Then once in Maine we chartered a large complex boat. The keys were under the mat with a note that said "Have A Great Trip" with a Cell Number. Never saw anyone representing the boat on the way out or the way in.
