Consider the charcoal grill as " supper only", It takes time to light, and then settle down to a steady temp, and then needs to cool down before sailing again--so really not good for breakfast/lunch. If you make breakfast easy, you can often prepare lunches also before letting go the mooring, so no galley time while underway. Just that one change helps enormously with green gills in the galley.

End of the day, try to pick your moorings to be in the lee of a land mass. Minimize the wave action that way, so being below isn't a grit-your-teeth torture chamber. Open the ports and hatches so there is plenty of fresh air, do what you have to do, don't hang around. If in North Sound, go up into Biras Creek mooring field, the moorings are being maintained and someone will come around for the overnight fee. You won't be bouncing there.

charcoal--if you are super fortunate, you'll find the " egg crate" stuff. More likely, an 8-10 lb bag, which you'll want to store in one of the cockpit lazarettes. You can make a handy lighting chimney out of a half gallon sized juice can--take both ends out and use the " churchkey" can opener to punch 4-5 holes around one end. When you want to start coals, stuff a crumpled up paper napkin or a couple crumpled paper towels in the can, place it standing on the charcoal grille bottom, fill with charcoal briquettes. Light the paper through one of the holes you punched--when the briquettes start to show gray ash on their surfaces, use the grill tongs to lift off the can. If you have a stern shower hose, use that to hose down the can, save it for another night. Unless you are cooking a ton of food on the grill, that amount of charcoal should work for one night.

Remember to move the dinghy from a stern cleat to a bow cleat. There are no extra points for grill embers in the dinghy, on the dinghy, or near the fuel tank.

Don't even bother with the grill if the wind is whistling through the rigging. That won't even be comfortable for eating in the cockpit. The BVI feeds their kids, too--you'll find something that works in most places. Remember the sheet pan dinner, there will be an oven.