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01-18-2022, 04:34 PM
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Senior Member
City: Vancouver Rowing Club, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C.
Vessel Name: Summer Wind 1
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 41
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 321
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Mistakes
Mistakes are subtle, easy to make. What looks obvious is not always the case. But not checking the direction of an install, especially when you had taken pictures before the tear down is a pretty basic mistake. So, a lesson to those who do before thinking, try thinking before doing.
Fortunately, this mistake just means half an hour, on my side, in my engine room in a somewhat uncomfortable position.
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01-18-2022, 05:00 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,991
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grahamdouglass
Mistakes are subtle, easy to make. What looks obvious is not always the case. But not checking the direction of an install, especially when you had taken pictures before the tear down is a pretty basic mistake. So, a lesson to those who do before thinking, try thinking before doing.
Fortunately, this mistake just means half an hour, on my side, in my engine room in a somewhat uncomfortable position.
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Most of us can recall a few of those wasted contortionist hours. You can be forgiven, if you tell what you wasted your 1/2 hour on.
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01-18-2022, 05:38 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,422
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Mistakes? Lots of fun! How about filling a gallon jug of used engine oil then while pulling out the pump discharge hose, knocking the jug over between the engine and stringer upside down! Fun ha ha!
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Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Cape May, NJ
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01-18-2022, 05:40 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 15,429
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Quote:
Originally Posted by High Wire
Mistakes? Lots of fun! How about filling a gallon jug of used engine oil then while pulling out the pump discharge hose, knocking the jug over between the engine and stringer upside down! Fun ha ha!
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At least it wasn’t a 5 gallon bucket of oil…
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If you aren’t one, there is no explanation possible.
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01-19-2022, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member
City: Florida/Bahamas
Vessel Name: Rogue
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 49 MY
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 188
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I just mistaked my way through a holding tank install. Nothing that could not be undone, but many a %^**@(!!^^ was heard emanating from the engine room.
But The Admiral is very used to that.
Another reason to improve sound deadening in the ER.
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01-19-2022, 01:30 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 7,549
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Yep done that seen that. My poop pump is under a hatch in the galley. Pump blew, I lifted the hatch, BEFORE turning off the pump!
Admiral called her friend and I was instructed to fix it, clean it and then call her for inspection.
Another? A 5-gallon bucket of fuel in the cockpit while I was working on the genset. Picked up bucket. Bucket broke apart in several places. I immediately reached down and pushed the bilge pump switch down, while screaming at the Admiral to turn ALL the bilge pumps off. Big mess, but no fuel overboard.
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01-19-2022, 01:37 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 15,429
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Osprey69
I just mistaked my way through a holding tank install. Nothing that could not be undone, but many a %^**@(!!^^ was heard emanating from the engine room.
But The Admiral is very used to that.
Another reason to improve sound deadening in the ER.
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My wife used to ask me why I was so mad when working on the boat because I was swearing. I told her it was just part of working and I wasn’t really mad at anything.
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01-19-2022, 01:43 PM
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Guru
City: Owings, Md
Vessel Name: Graceland
Vessel Model: Mainship 34 MK1
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 870
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The harder you hit that thumb with a hammer, the longer the lesson stays with you. 1/2 hour of wasted time is nothing, you are well ahead of the curve.
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01-19-2022, 01:55 PM
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Guru
City: Montgomery
Vessel Name: Choices
Vessel Model: 36 Grand Banks Europa
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 512
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I regularly tell the wife to leave the area. It's always better to be pissed off alone.
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Montgomery, TX
Blog: "grandbankschoices"
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01-19-2022, 02:05 PM
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Guru
City: Owings, Md
Vessel Name: Graceland
Vessel Model: Mainship 34 MK1
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 870
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
My wife used to ask me why I was so mad when working on the boat because I was swearing. I told her it was just part of working and I wasn’t really mad at anything.
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My brother was given a toy chainsaw as a gift when he was a toddler complete with a pull string. He would pull the sting and mutter something under his breath, eventually everyone figured out he was saying "sonofabit##" between each pull.
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01-19-2022, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member
City: Vancouver Rowing Club, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C.
Vessel Name: Summer Wind 1
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 41
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 321
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Seems like this thread has hit a chord. I guess mistakes are how wisdom is made and the older you get the more wisdom you make. The mistake I referred to in this post is that I installed my Webasto furnace backwards, it has to be flipped around.
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01-19-2022, 02:43 PM
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Guru
City: Malmö
Vessel Name: ABsolutely FABulous
Vessel Model: Greenline 33 Hybrid (2010)
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 1,128
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A carpenter once told me: "Measure twice. Cut once." While I've made plenty of mistakes over the years, very few have been due to measuring, as I always remember this.
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2010 Greenline 33' Hybrid
Home port: Malmö, SWEDEN
Currently in: Isola di Capraia, ITALY
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01-19-2022, 02:57 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Westerly, RI
Vessel Name: N/A
Vessel Model: 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,452
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Choices
I regularly tell the wife to leave the area. It's always better to be pissed off alone.
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My wife gave up asking if I was "ok" a LONG time ago. Now she just quietly stands by long enough to make sure I don't need real medical attention. She says she only worries when I stop swearing.
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01-19-2022, 03:16 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: Antares
Vessel Model: Canoe Cove 42 Sedan
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 42
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I certainly try and measure at least twice before cutting. An old mentor who was a carpenter also had a saying I still enjoy. "I've cut it twice and it's still too short."
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01-20-2022, 07:24 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 22,553
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A multiple fitting job gets a metric ruler , as its easier to remember one number like 74 than what ever it is in inches and eighths.
I have learned the tic stick method is better for getting sizes just right.
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01-20-2022, 07:47 AM
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Guru
City: Centreville MD
Vessel Model: Helmsman Trawlers 38E
Join Date: Dec 2020
Posts: 831
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"Mistakes, I've made a few.
But then again, too few to mention."
Sorry, I just had to hum the Old Blue Eyes tune.
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01-20-2022, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member
City: Toronto
Vessel Name: Bermuda Belle
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 36 Sedan
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 189
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I haven't made many mistakes as of now but given the amount of work needed on our project boat, I just know there will be something that will come up and bite me in the as$.
Ask me again about a year from now....
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01-20-2022, 12:28 PM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands, BC Canada
Vessel Name: Soo Valley
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 2,764
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Once way back I thought I was wrong, but it turned out I was mistaken.
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You only need one working engine. That is why I have two.
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01-20-2022, 12:39 PM
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Senior Member
City: Port Hope
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 137
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Antares
I certainly try and measure at least twice before cutting. An old mentor who was a carpenter also had a saying I still enjoy. "I've cut it twice and it's still too short."
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Having spent a number of years volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, I've heard that a lot. Too many weren't kidding.
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01-20-2022, 12:41 PM
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Guru
City: Walkabout Creek
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 7,577
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
My wife used to ask me why I was so mad when working on the boat because I was swearing. I told her it was just part of working and I wasn’t really mad at anything.
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My wife still doesn’t understand that. It’s no different than taking a deep breath, except the air moves in the other direction.
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