The Stairs of Doom
 

You know how your going to the steering wheel, but the stairs you can go through and you keep "flying" in air then you can't leave the dock in time! So you have to go through it over and over.

I know exactly what you mean, I end up not using my light galleon now that you have to go through the dockworker. I can do it in time, even with the dockworker but if I dont make it I typically have to relog because I cant function after I get booted from a boat.