Myth and superstition when at sea

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ChopesBro

351 posts

ChopesBro

351 posts

27 Dec 2023 8:35am

No bananas on board!

any others ?

Craig66

NSW

2466 posts

Craig66

NSW, 2466 posts

27 Dec 2023 2:55pm

Egg shells had to be broken into tiny pieces once an egg was cracked open. This was meant to stop witches coming to the ship to sail in the pieces of shell.

ChopesBro

351 posts

ChopesBro

351 posts

27 Dec 2023 5:52pm

That sounds logical

MorningBird

NSW

2711 posts

MorningBird

NSW, 2711 posts

27 Dec 2023 9:34pm

ChopesBro said..
No bananas on board!

any others ?

Always took bananas on Morning Bird. Ate them in the first two days when seasickness can cause problems. Good food most people can eat even when seasick.
if the crew didn't like it they didn't stay as crew for long. Irrational thinkers aren't overly suitable in offshore sailing.

Toph

1890 posts

Toph

WA, 1890 posts

27 Dec 2023 7:29pm

ChopesBro said..
No bananas on board!

This one is neither a myth nor a superstition.
Bananas were not carried onboard because bananas ripened and spoiled other fresh produce. The crew then got scurvy, sick and died.
I don't have bananas on my boat because I don't like them.

Ramona

NSW

7757 posts

Ramona

NSW, 7757 posts

28 Dec 2023 8:35am

On my fishing vessel the deckhands could not eat bananas or oranges. This rule was simply to stop tainting the live bait! Even though they always wore gloves this rule was fairly common among line and pole fishing vessels.

tarquin1

954 posts

tarquin1

954 posts

29 Dec 2023 1:46am

Toph said..

ChopesBro said..
No bananas on board!

Yes always store bananas separately.
Can't say rabbit. Everything must be done clockwise. No whistling. Nothing green. There are so many.

Bananabender

QLD

1610 posts

Bananabender

QLD, 1610 posts

29 Dec 2023 1:04pm

Not sure if I have good luck coming my way or I need to throw some salt over my shoulder. I mentioned in a different post that I needed to drop the mast as the wireless wind instrument was upside down . Well I did so today. The live aboard I share the pen with told me the guilty party was an albatross . He assured me it flew off.

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