According to Club Royale (the day after the boat was lost at sea), the majority of inventory was on board since there wasn't anywhere to store it safely on shore.

The gold and silver chips that were delivered a few days prior were also in the boat's vault.

Not that many chips walked during the 30-day operation in 1995... and many of those Florida chippers who lived in South Florida were never on board. I was, though; once...

JB