CycleCat
Contributor
I just read my third trip report in the last few weeks about a liveaboard in the Sea of Cortez that still has not fixed the air conditioning on some decks and now has a plumbing problem. I'm curious what kind of schedules to do most operators have for leaving a boat offline for maintenance. I imagine it's tough to make repairs when a boat comes in from a week long tour one day and then heads right back out the next day with a new group of divers. If it's non vital, like propulsion or safety systems, do they only get time for repair once a year during the off season? I know it would cut into their profits but it seems to me that one week a month out of service for maintenance would not be unreasonable.