This is why transoceanic navies used to have such brutal discipline - letting the small things slip gets you torn rigging, a fouled rudder, or a leaking hull in the middle of a storm. If things slide enough, you're in for a world of hurt.
“Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
― Robert Heinlein