I never thought of that before. Why didn't the folks on Gilligan's Island just fix the boat? All they had to do was fix the boat and guess what? No sitcom. No Skipper and Gilligan hijinks. No movie star and no professor and no Mary Anne. No Thurston Howell with his funny hat and stacks of money.
With regard to "Stairway to Heaven" - I favor the Dolly Parton version. Seriously. Look it up on the YouTube.
Why didn't the folks on Gilligan's Island just fix the boat?There was an episode that dealt with this. Gilligan made a pancake syrup that turned out to be a super glue. The professor patched the boat with Gilligan's glue and just before they were to set sail, the glue completely disintegrated the boat.