Decades ago when I worked at a boat manufacturer, I had to use a fly bit or small hole saw up in the bow to make a couple of small holes to drain down into the hull, whereas the bilge pumps removed the water. So anyway, I'm doing a tri-hull house boat and you gotta be careful where you put the holes because in one area, there's enough clearance into the hull for draining, and somewhere else there's no spare room up against the hull. So, I'm not paying attention or whatever and got the wrong rib and the hole through the deck was right where it mounted against the hull. I'm drilling, drilling, drilling and it never takes that long, but I'm drilling, drilling, and drilling...and finally pop through. I back the drill and bit out and instead of being dark like I'm looking down into an inclosed hull, I see light bouncing off of the concrete floor. Ohhh Noooo!!! I just went through the hull with about a 1.5" fly bit or hole saw, which ever of a finished boat that was supposed to ship that night to the dealer. Ohhh Noooo!!! I had never done anything like that before. I hopped out of the boat setting on its trailer ready to be shipped, ran around to the starboard side of the bow...a perfectly round 1.5" hole. OHHHH NOOOO!!!! Boss was real unhappy. Real unhappy. But, our repair guy had it patched, gel coated, touched up and buffed out by morning, so it shipped.
Things happen. As long as we don't make them habits, things happen and we get over them. Maybe even laugh at them one day.
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