Superstitions?

[Jonny_H]

What are your sailing superstitions??

The one that we stick to is no green on the boat (other than the starboard nav light!)

What others ones do people have? Not setting starting a voyage on a Friday, etc?

I was thinking about this tonight as I was picking some DVD's to put on the boat for the summer (well, rainy season that we have!) - is putting "The Perfect Storm" on the boat a good idea or does this tempt fate /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Jonny

 

[Porthandbuoy]

I have this superstition that it's bad luck to let anyone know what it is.

Doh!

 

[AndrewF]

Whistling onboard is supposed to invite bad weather.
My mother has always refused to do the washing when either myself or her brothers have gone away to sea.

 

[Twister_Ken]

I've always believed it's bad luck to sail on a Bavaria.

 

[damo]

I try never to sail under a ladder.

I never give way to a black cat whether or not it is on starboard.

A dry ship is an unhappy ship.

It is bad luck to put to sea without asking for a radio check from the CG.

Never look back at a following sea.

Never be first into a beautiful secluded anchorage or a French boat is bound to find you.

 

[damo]

Oh yeah - I just remembered that I have a dvd of the Perfect Storm aboard, and a copy of Heavy Weather Sailing, and I changed the name of the boat without any kind of ceremony, so I'm not really superstitious /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[chrisc]

never run out of red wine.

 

[Deleted member 478]

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Your copy of Heavy Weather Sailing is out of date, and like the progress of say, computers, heather weather has progressed (was probably with the help of Tony B.Liar and global warming).

 

[runswick2000]

In my home village (Runswick Bay), the local fishermen's superstitions were the colour green and pigs. A chap I knew named his dinghy the green pig..............it sank!

 

[bilbobaggins]

Ah, yes. Most appropriate for the East Coast of Wales......

.....and don't forget the parachute sea anchor!


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[flyingjunior]

Def no whistling something bad has happened on every boat which I have been on with a persistant whistler the most noticble one being last year when we were in collision with an overtaking cargo ship (luckly no one hurt and the flimsy awb we were deliverying didnt sink).

 

[jenku]

I did not dare changing the name. And I told a crew recently to stop whistling. However, we use to have a plant onboard during our summer cruise. One year, someone from another boat pointed out that plants mean bad luck, so the following year we did not take any (but herbs instead). That year we went aground. Did take a plant again since and never been aground since either (yet)!

 

[jimi]

No umbrella's on board,
Words rabbit or salmon is not to be mentioned
No lady vicars
No farting into wind
Yellow sails are banned
Salvation Army boats saluted
And vics up to racers

 

[barrybridges]

http://www.azinet.com/captjim/bananas.htm