I've heard two things: Spiders in the bananna bunches and the ripening banannas would cause the other food stored on the old sail powered craft to spoil.
Banannas on a boat
While fishing the Poco my dad saw me eating some dried banannas and nearly had a heart attack. He threw them overboard and cursed me for the bad luck, saying you can never bring banannas on a boat.
He does not know why it is bad luck to have banannas on a boat, but we were not catching any fish, so I could not argue.
Anyone know how this superstition got started?
He does not know why it is bad luck to have banannas on a boat, but we were not catching any fish, so I could not argue.
Anyone know how this superstition got started?
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When I was rodeoing I was always told the peanuts where bad luck to have around a rodeo. I have not sure where that came from either.
I read an article about bananns giving off a gas that causes other fruit to ripen quicker, so they would spoil faster.
Also I have read that a fresh pineapple is good luck when billfishing......why?
Also I have read that a fresh pineapple is good luck when billfishing......why?
On the sailing ships, the bananas would have banana spiders in with them, and the bite from those things are close to deadly or at least as painful. The old time sailors didn't want the bananas in the hold because of the spiders.
You think I can catch a marlin at 30 miles with a few pineapples on board? 
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no problem. just trailer your boat down to pinas bay panama and catch them in sight of land all year long.....rick
no problem. just trailer your boat down to pinas bay panama and catch them in sight of land all year long.....rick
I'll eat pineapple for a week if I could catch tuna from the pier..
I tried to get on a Pt A head boat with a bag of dried bananas and was told "no way" by several of the other fishermen. So I ate them all before we departed.
Spent most of that trip chumming...... bananas, and everyone else caught fish.
Spent most of that trip chumming...... bananas, and everyone else caught fish.
The last time we had bananas on the Cevechi, Nosegunner sliced open his arm and had to get stitches. Lesson well learned.
bananas
Check out this link for bananas
http://www.al.com/outdoors/birminghamnews/mbolton.ssf?/base/sports/1084699070159320.xml
Check out this link for bananas
http://www.al.com/outdoors/birminghamnews/mbolton.ssf?/base/sports/1084699070159320.xml
Actually, the most perilous thing that lives in banana bunches are type of VERY poisonous snake. They are not a problem in modern times because the bananasare sprayed with poison. However, that being said, Do Not eat banana peels!!!!
Well I feel so much better now knowing that the poisoned banana I just ate don't have a snake in it.....BeeGee said:Actually, the most perilous thing that lives in banana bunches are type of VERY poisonous snake. They are not a problem in modern times because the bananasare sprayed with poison. However, that being said, Do Not eat banana peels!!!!
I'm a fan of seagfaring superstitions. I have tons of them and a couple of books on them. It's also bad luck to name a boat with a name beginning with "O". If ya notice, the wiley old shark captain in Jaws evidently didn't know that. His boat was named "Orca".
A few more just for laughs..
Sailors' Superstitions
It is unlucky to start a cruise on Friday, the day Christ was crucified. In the nineteenth century the British Navy tried to dispel this superstition. The keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named H.M.S. Friday, launched on a Friday, and finally sent to sea on a Friday. Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard from again.
When on the way to the dock, avoid people with red hair because they bring bad luck to a ship. The bad luck can be averted by speaking to the redheads first.
A naked woman aboard a ship calms the sea. (This is the reason so many ships have figureheads of a woman with her breasts bared.)
It is unlucky to look back once a ship has left port, or even to have someone call you.
It is useless to fight the sea if you fall overboard, and thus it is foolish to learn how to swim - the reason many sailors never bothered to learn in the past.
If the rim of a glass rings, stop it quickly or there will be a shipwreck.
Sailors' Superstitions
It is unlucky to start a cruise on Friday, the day Christ was crucified. In the nineteenth century the British Navy tried to dispel this superstition. The keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named H.M.S. Friday, launched on a Friday, and finally sent to sea on a Friday. Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard from again.
When on the way to the dock, avoid people with red hair because they bring bad luck to a ship. The bad luck can be averted by speaking to the redheads first.
A naked woman aboard a ship calms the sea. (This is the reason so many ships have figureheads of a woman with her breasts bared.)
It is unlucky to look back once a ship has left port, or even to have someone call you.
It is useless to fight the sea if you fall overboard, and thus it is foolish to learn how to swim - the reason many sailors never bothered to learn in the past.
If the rim of a glass rings, stop it quickly or there will be a shipwreck.
No Bananas on my boat
I've seen charter captains inspecting every incoming ice chest and lunch sack looking for bananas, and refuse to leave the pier with anyone trying to bring some aboard!
Argo, If you'll spring for the airfare, I'll take you where you can fish for marlin and yellowfin within casting distance of shore!
Just a few weeks ago I saw the fathometer reading over 200 fathoms within 1/4 mile from the slip, and we were dragging Islanders before we left the entrance to the harbor! (and yes, I did ask the captain to verify what I was seeing!)
I've seen guys trolling for these monsters from kayaks and canoes!
Anything as small as a 6/0 is just used to catch bait!
I've seen charter captains inspecting every incoming ice chest and lunch sack looking for bananas, and refuse to leave the pier with anyone trying to bring some aboard!
Argo, If you'll spring for the airfare, I'll take you where you can fish for marlin and yellowfin within casting distance of shore!
Just a few weeks ago I saw the fathometer reading over 200 fathoms within 1/4 mile from the slip, and we were dragging Islanders before we left the entrance to the harbor! (and yes, I did ask the captain to verify what I was seeing!)
I've seen guys trolling for these monsters from kayaks and canoes!
Anything as small as a 6/0 is just used to catch bait!
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