Stupidity you learn from.

We went out happy on Saturday to practice some sailing. We were chugging nicely out of the harbour and raised the Genoa while we slowly steered towards the Tjörn bridge. When the wind no longer had any bearing I started the engine and we chugged on. Suddenly, the engine started dying. Darn it, I had forgotten the fuel tap! I opened it quickly although not fully and thought all was well, but suddenly, the engine stopped completely. Quickly, we raised the genoa again and had almost momentum but lay mostly still. Since no wind was blowing we couldn't steer out of the sea lane and I called Sweden Sea Resuce Service where I am a member. They have a base in Stenungsund and they said that they would arrive shortly. In the meantime the wind returned and we moved slowly towards our home port. We then spotted SSRS coming towards us and we got help to come into harbour. There was nothing to do but to close up shop and come back tomorrow.