"But we are loathe to waste three days of vacation waiting for a repair boat that doesn't come again. "

With many 10's of charters over four decades. We never sit and wait. We either fix it ourselves, move on without it, call and let the base know we are having and issue we would like help with. We do our best to never ever stop the boat in a place we would not like to be. We enjoy each location, we leave on our schedule no one else's. Once you are more than single digit miles from any base. I would not sit and wait for anyone while I was on vacation. Move on. Tell the base where you are and where you are going to be. Tell the base how to get into the boat. Enjoy the trip and each spot to its fullest. If you really need help? Make sure you are talking to at least a boat operations manager with a cell phone who fully understands the boat and the failure. Skip trying to talk to the staff in the air conditioned office there for phone and paperwork skills. Understand who is coming, on what boat, with what abilities and tools before you "sit and wait". In almost every case. If the chase boat has not already left the dock. They are hours if not the next day away. Remember they will have to get to you, execute the repair, and return before dark or in most cases before closing time. Just like the saturday morning toy commercials the marketing brochures never match the reality. In the tropics triple that practice.

Here is what the Moorings says the food will look like...