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We do not allow bananas on our fishing boat either. Most fishermen believe them to be bad luck.. Personally i suspect it has more to do with the peels being slippery if carelessly dropped on the deck. Larry. By the way great looking boat, how long is it?

I LIKE!!!!!!!
Joe

Absolutley beautiful! She's lovely underway.

nothing beats the tri cabin underway. then again, i'm just partial. btw... am i the only one that cannot see my 'avatar'? it was here this morning. now, it's gone.
what the frak?

aaronbocknek wrote:nothing beats the tri cabin underway. then again, i'm just partial. btw... am i the only one that cannot see my 'avatar'? it was here this morning. now, it's gone.
what the frak?

Yeah, Its gone Aaron! See what happens when you don't leave the peir? J/K

Allen Sr wrote:

aaronbocknek wrote:nothing beats the tri cabin underway. then again, i'm just partial. btw... am i the only one that cannot see my 'avatar'? it was here this morning. now, it's gone.
what the frak?

Yeah, Its gone Aaron! See what happens when you don't leave the peir? J/K

i always love a good joshing from you buddy. is your avatar generated via photobucket? it might be a scripting problem there, but, will delete and upload again.
try to anyway.
aaron

Its a Trojan dock line virus

prowlersfish wrote:Its a Trojan dock line virus

the scripting code for photobucket was corrupted when the TB site server crashed. it deleted the script code for the avatar. i've hopefully corrected the error. let me know if it shows up.
aaron, your source for tech support.

Its Back

Here is a piece of useless information, bananas are considered bad luck on a boat because years ago when they were picked on the islands and transported on sailing vessels they often had a certain kind of spider living on them, when this spider bit you it gave you some kind of disease that would make you sick or die, there for bananas were cosidered bad luck.

I'll take my chances with banana spiders but intend to continue "banning" yucky stuff like spinach and broccolli

No Bananas on my boat ! I don't take chances .

Back in the days of the transatlantic crossings by wooden sailing ships many hazards would befall the captains, crew and passengers. Disease, pirates, shipwrecks, storms, etc., claimed the lives of a good percentage of the captains, crew and passengers attempting the dangerous voyage. Needless to say, a transatlantic crossing in the 17th and 18th centuries was a very risky endeavor.

Often the vessels would stop along the way in tropical islands to gather provisions such as food and water. There the passengers and crew would often purchase wooden crates of bananas from the locals and bring them aboard the ship. These crates would have all manner of critters in them such as bugs, spiders, vermin and snakes. The theory was that venomous spiders hitched rides in bananas, and once those bananas were onboard, the boat would be host to any number of lethal critters.

These critters would make their way into the bilges of the ships, multiply, and then find their way into the captain's quarters. The captains circulated the rumor that bananas were bad luck in an attempt to keep the critters off the ship and out of their cabin.

The crew and passengers were more than eager to follow suit because of the inherent risk of the crossing. So, if the captain announced prior to the voyage that bananas were bad luck and not allowed aboard the vessel, everyone complied. You must remember that these were the days of burning witches and the like, so superstitions were taken very seriously.

Oh, and, nice pics, great looking boat