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13-10-2017, 06:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Any believers out there?
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13-10-2017, 12:13
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#2
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,087
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Re: Any believers out there?
On my vessel, Whistling women are well welcomed. Even the whistling ones carrying a bunch of bananas on Friday. Actually, even the non-whistling ones are welcomed.
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13-10-2017, 12:37
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Narragansett Bay
Boat: Able 50
Posts: 3,139
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Re: Any believers out there?
I only welcome whistling women if they bring a bottle of rum. Standards must be maintained.
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13-10-2017, 12:54
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 987
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Re: Any believers out there?
I ignored the "no bananas on boats" superstition only once. I came off watch and fell asleep in the salon under a hammock full of fruit. I woke up covered from head to toe in smashed banana.
No more bananas on my boat.
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13-10-2017, 13:02
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Narragansett Bay
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Re: Any believers out there?
Maybe the crew were trying to make a monkey of you ?
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13-10-2017, 13:06
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 987
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Re: Any believers out there?
They did seem quite amused by it...
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13-10-2017, 22:59
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Queensland Oz
Posts: 295
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Re: Any believers out there?
I had only one rule about bananas in the islands.
When you bought a whole bunch from a village somewhere, it had to be hung a few feet deep off the bow for at least an hour, before being brought on board.
A bunch of bananas fresh off the palm would be host to more bugs, spiders, cockroaches & other vermin than any other item known to man.
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13-10-2017, 23:06
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Oakland, CA
Boat: Freedom 38
Posts: 2,503
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Re: Any believers out there?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasbeen
I had only one rule about bananas in the islands.
When you bought a whole bunch from a village somewhere, it had to be hung a few feet deep off the bow for at least an hour, before being brought on board.
A bunch of bananas fresh off the palm would be host to more bugs, spiders, cockroaches & other vermin than any other item known to man.
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And this....is how superstitions get their start - it's really just a practical solution. I, however, try to violate them all. If the Gods or Neptune or Zeus can't take a joke, well then Hell on them
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13-10-2017, 23:11
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Anacortes, WA
Boat: Custom 55
Posts: 909
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Re: Any believers out there?
Timely, I just set out from port to begin a fishing trip a few hours ago. It's our last one of the year before we head to Seattle for a break, nobody had a bit of interest in sitting in Dutch until midnight.
As an aside, the whole story of the HMS Friday is a fabrication. I was terribly disappointed to learn of that-it was a great yarn.
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14-10-2017, 00:32
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 12,121
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Re: Any believers out there?
Quote:
Originally Posted by gamayun
And this....is how superstitions get their start - it's really just a practical solution. I, however, try to violate them all. If the Gods or Neptune or Zeus can't take a joke, well then Hell on them
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Not good to anger neptunis Rex. . ( I am a trusty shellback and honored Sargent at arms in the Royal Court).
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14-10-2017, 01:07
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
Posts: 18,429
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Re: Any believers out there?
Quote:
Originally Posted by savoir
I only welcome whistling women if they bring a bottle of rum. Standards must be maintained.
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This post needs a picture, of the Rum
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