What is the preference sheet, and why does it matter here?

John Boullin
Charter Broker, DMA Yachting

It is the form where you tell the crew how you eat, drink and sleep, and in the Grenadines it decides more than it does anywhere else.

Provisioning in the chain is thin. There are two real marinas in forty miles and the island shops are small, so the chef buys for your week before you board or in Kingstown and Clifton. Detail given in advance is detail you get; a request made on day three may simply not be available.

Allergies, children’s food, a vegan in the group, the coffee someone cannot do without. Write it all down. We go through it with you rather than forwarding a blank form.