Pride before a fall.....

[jamie N]

After a good sail today, we're broad reaching towards the Kessock bridge and Inverness marina, plugging into a fairly strong ebb as the wind began to fall away. Oh well, start the diesel and stow the sails, all of that went well and I was feeling happy(smug) with myself.
The fenders were ready, the mooring lines ready, the little Honda outboard was ready to run as it's so much safer around the marina for me.
I started the Honda, 1st pull by the way, which after having had the carb apart last week, did make me feel good(smug).
I'd the diesel visible for extra air flow and was looking at the engine and its bits all doing what I wanted them to do, thinking to myself "I rebuilt that. I fitted that. How good(smug) am I?
I turned around to adjust the Honda throttle, then faced forward through a screen of steam, as a water hose had decided to remind me who's actually in control, and separated itself from the cooling system that I'd felt so smug about!
Quick flurry of merde and 'engine off, pumps off' and making the boat much lighter by getting rid of a ton of smugness.
Obviously, no other forumite will have ever had an overly smug moment ever, and I only mention it as an example to avoid.
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[johnalison]

Nothing exciting or embarrassing has ever happened to me.

 

[SaltIre]

Probably taking revenge for your smugness at getting a new mast as well.

 

[PhillM]

Ahh smug mode .... sadly usually does precede a fail. But we have all been there in spirit.

 

[Irish Rover]

Ahh smug mode .... sadly usually does precede a fail. But we have all been there in spirit.

Definitely. I've often been ultra smug after a feed of spirits ?

 

[PetiteFleur]

Reminds of the time a few years ago, just been launched, started the engine, looked at it, appeared to be ok when suddenly the end cap on the heat exchanger popped off and water poured out... took a couple of seconds to realise what had happened and quickly turned the engine off. An early Beta 25hp with a single bolt securing the end caps which Beta now advise be renewed every 10 years. A good job I saw it happen otherwise it would have flooded the engine compartment.

 

[Stemar]

Nothing exciting or embarrassing has ever happened to me.

Liar, damned liar or soon to be a statistic?

 

[johnalison]

Liar, damned liar or soon to be a statistic?

I take the view that the forum is not a court of law and I am not bound to tell the truth. I once put this view with a group at our sailing club and one member went apoplectic and came out with “what about morality?”, which bounced off me.

 

[Stemar]

I take the view that the forum is not a court of law and I am not bound to tell the truth. I once put this view with a group at our sailing club and one member went apoplectic and came out with “what about morality?”, which bounced off me.

True, but a liar needs a good memory. It isn't morality that keeps me truthful, it's my poor memory

 

[johnalison]

True, but a liar needs a good memory. It isn't morality that keeps me truthful, it's my poor memory

I'll use that excuse the next time my wife finds me out.

 

[38mess]

I was in smug mode once, then my bottom hose split and i had to be towed in. All this after telling my crew how meticulous I look after my engine.

 

[johnalison]

I was in smug mode once, then my bottom hose split and i had to be towed in. All this after telling my crew how meticulous I look after my engine.

I like the 'once'.

 

[jamie N]

I've just replaced the 'y' piece which was the item that caused the smugness being wiped from my face. I refilled the header tank, and bled the engine block to ensure that there weren't any voids to cause a hot spot, and started the engine (1st time of course), and it all ran very well, to the point of a small warming feeling of smugness satisfaction coming to me.
As if by magic, a mass of smoke appeared from behind the engine as 'something to do with the exhaust' came loose, and was letting smoke out under the cockpit sole.
We never win, but only strive to stave off defeat......

 

[capnsensible]

A career in yachting has taught me to remain in a state of anticipation that something will break very soon. Even if it had just been maintained by Scotty.

 

[capnsensible]

In fact, it was much the same with ships and submarines.......

 

[jamie N]

Aye Captain; "Ma bairns, ma poor wee bairns!"
Yup, on any ROV system it was the kiss of death to say "This is going well!"

 

[westhinder]

A career in yachting has taught me to remain in a state of anticipation that something will break very soon. Even if it had just been maintained by Scotty.

One of the books I learned most from is ´What Now Skipper’ by Des Sleightholme, Andrew Bray, Tom Cunliffe and Bill Anderson. Not just because it presents the reader a number of challenges and the consequences their choices might have, but especially because it has instilled in me a sort of permanent ’what if’ state of mind, thinking through what might go wrong and how I could react or better still anticipate. Which does not prevent me enjoying the moment, on the contrary, it helps immensely.

 

[Wansworth]

When I had a boat with an engine I was in fear it would not start but once started I was in fear it might stop?

 

[38mess]

I like the 'once'.

I'm a very unsmug type of guy

 

[johnalison]

I'm a very unsmug type of guy

Me too.