Superstision

[Nemo_01]

Hey Guys,

Just thought this would be an interesting one. Everyone knows it's bad luck to change a boats name but what other marine superstisions does everyone know??

I'll start it off, apparently it's bad luck to go to sea if you see a holy man on the way to the boat.

Nemo

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Nemo_01

Hey Guys,

Just thought this would be an interesting one. Everyone knows it's bad luck to change a boats name but what other marine superstisions does everyone know??

I'll start it off, apparently it's bad luck to go to sea if you see a holy man on the way to the boat.

Nemo

Not launchng a ship on a Friday and not allowing a woman aboard ship?

[willk]

Meeting a girl/woman with red hair on the way to the launch was always considered very bad luck here. Given the high incidence of said qualities locally, it sounds like a damn fine excuse not to get a days work done.....

Green anything was another one.

[martini]

Anyone who whistles onboard my boats gets a slap

[jambo]

Many of them! Not carrying a white handled knife and a box of Swan Vestus matches because of the white swan.
Happy ribbing

[hobbit555]

not going to sea in a green boat

[Andy JC]

Originally Posted by hobbit555

not going to sea in a green boat

Sh*t!!

I don't go to sea in a green boat... does that mean I'm due some bad luck sometime soon?!?

[PeterM]

If I have a bit of green mold round the back of the deck where the water collects will I be OK ?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Blackroady

If I have a bit of green mold round the back of the deck where the water collects will I be OK ?

I suppose that depends how deep the water is!

[jyasaki]

Not strictly a boating superstition, but bananas are supposed to be bad luck for fishing.

Here's some more:

http://pacificoffshorerigging.com/na...erstitions.htm

jky