May I suggest carrying a short or extendable paddle aboard in case the wind and the motor die again.... to avoid that "lee shore" or get you back in your slip. I had a swim fin stashed away on my Nacra, which had no motor, just for that reason. I could lay on a pontoon with the tiller extension in the inboard hand and the flipper on the outboard one and make pretty good progress if needed.
I have an extendable paddle on my 192. And I have used it. I'll tell you one thing, if I'm totally becalmed, it'll take me a long damn time to paddle back to the marina!
Mebbe if I had 2 paddles and another person working the other paddle it would go more quickly...
So one time I'm out sailing my Force 5 (which is more or less a Laser.) BAM! My boom end fitting shears off, so no gooseneck connection anymore. I drift onto shore, get the mast pulled out so I can pull off the sleeved main and shove it into the cockpit. Walked up the shoreline a 100 or so yards, trying to put myself directly across from the marina, but realizing the closer I get to directly across from the marina, the further that cove goes distance-wise from the marina. Thankfully, the wind has started to die down. The 2 kayakers don't seem to understand the lunatic on shore waving a red PFD over his head means "Come help." The Hobie Adventure Island guy I see every evening went right down the middle of the lake, and he didn't see the lunatic on shore waving the PFD either. (I have to admit, I did not holler to them, because I was already ashamed to think about asking for help. So, it was a half-assed request for assistance!
) Around that time, I decided to be self-sufficient, and laid stomach down on the foredeck with my legs astraddle the mast, and began my surfboard paddle back to the marina. I discovered that I'd paddle myself off the slippery, recently waxed deck, but that my feet could hook right over the forward cockpit lip to hold me in uncomfortable position. Guess my legs are just the right length. Well, I used to be a competitive swimmer, but not for a long time. Lemme tell you how very leaden my arms were after the half- or three quarters- mile surfboard paddle I did that evening!
Glad SUMB44 made it back to the dock. There are times when something goes wrong, and you press on regardless because you were determined to go ahead with plans, and you find out after the fact that the decision to press on bites you really hard in the derriere...
If you had the motor running but it dies and won't restart, could be flooded. Just yesterday a woman in the club launched her Catalina 22 for the first time, and flooded the motor. She had to sail in to the ramp with limited wind and a paddle. Flooding can be fixed pretty easily by pulling the spark plug(s), blowing them off, and pulling the motor over a few times to clear excess fuel out the spark plug holes. Re-insert the plugs, and you're good to go. A plug wrench is a good tool to have in the on-board tool box. For that matter, an extra set of plugs can get you home if you're fouling.
Hmmm, that reminds me, I'm not sure if the spare plug on the boat is for the 5hp 4 stroke that's on the boat, or if it's from the old 2 stroke 2 HP Suzuki I sold with the old boat. I need to check that out!