Never mind my last stupid question.... Duh !!

What you are asking is exactly the reason we switched to evening starts. We were told the same as you.... "Out by noon, blah blah blah". That never happened and our first day was always shot.

My sincere advice..... Stay on top of them. Live at the counter if necessary. But you are dealing with, as you well know, island time. On top of that, you are dealing with a day that not only are a lot of boats going out, but a lot of boats coming back in which are supposed to be back at the dock by 1000 hrs.

I wish you the best of luck !!