Through the long effort of getting every ship through the coral maze, everyone had been able to take their time and recover from battles, training, and anything else that had stressed them. The goals they all had were cleared up to some degree. Every soldier, warrior, and leader of their ships knew that they had to arrange a port for themselves to stop. It would be their base camp for the time being.
The main issue was that they had no idea of where they were or of what empire's lands they would be setting up on. It could cause some issues if they just went out and started to map things out without a thought.