Better a "Bone Head" than a "Dead" head on that one! Lucky.
Was a bone head and left the plugs out more than once. I have sailed out through surf without plugs. That makes getting back in pretty tough.
Biggest.. hardest to live down? Not "really" my fault, but at a photo shoot in Key Largo we had the boats pretty much ready to put away for the night and sitting on moorings close to the beach. Some clouds cleared away and they wanted to get the twilight on the background. We had an SX with Doug and Maggie Skidmore and me on a Sport Cruiser. Only the SX made it in the shots as I just couldn't keep up... then I noticed the Cat Trax tied to the shrouds... DOH!