I agree about the nautical traditions... not necessarily being just plain superstition. Seen too many weird things happen.
Last year, a boat out of a marina near mine left for Maine on a Friday. My friend, who had helped them commission the boat, said that they had e-mailed her and said that they had broken their backstay and nearly lost the mast but I don't remember the details. I do remember that the rigging had just been inspected as part of the survey and the only part that was deemed in need of replacement was a damaged backstay... and a brand new one was installed.... yet it was the brand new one that failed. Ironically, it was the backstay replacement that prevented them from leaving on Thursday...
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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