Garmin Didn't Plan for This One

Headlands often create their own weather, and Point Reyes is such a place.  As we approached the point, the winds and seas built until we were running in 25-knot winds before twelve-to-fifteen-foot seas -- exhilarating but not at all extreme.  Of course, that was in dense fog, which did add a certain element.  So, we rounded the point, the wind rose to gale-force briefly, and at that moment, a wave crested and sloshed into the cockpit.  Again, no big deal, except it splashed onto the chartplotter screen, which then stopped responding.  Remember, dense fog.  Now, I can navigate just fine without a chartplotter, but under the circumstances, the workload was going to increase dramatically.  Anyway, the plotter has a touch screen, and the salt water apparently confused it.  Once I realized what was happening, and wiped it off with a rag, it worked fine again.  Got my heartbeat up for a moment, though.