I love to read forums! Very entertaining!! Honestly I think everyone's tolerance for broken stuff on the boat is individual. I can certainly see the logic in thinking that "I paid a helluva lot of money for this boat for the week and I want the stuff I paid for to work!" I can also see the logic of "I am on vacation and nothing is going to ruin my trip. As long as it isn't safety related and my beer is cold, I don't care!".

I'm more in the second group. Stuff is going to break. I have had the autohelm go out on the way to Anegada, the generator not start and numerous other little issues. If I can't fix it and it's not safety related, I just wait till I turn the boat back in. Oh well...pass me another cold beer from the cooler.