[sanctuarysam]

Originally Posted by SEMIJim

Bananas? Why? What about on sailboats?

Jim

well, a good friend (powerboater type) told me to never take a banana or tuna fish sandwich on a fishing trip...so i looked up the banana myth and this is what i found;
"The bad luck theory of bananas is derived from the misfortune of stevedores unloading banana boats from Central America. The cargo most often contained biting spiders that not only were painful, but occasionally deadly. Stevedores considered it bad luck to be assigned to unloading a banana boat. This is the truth behind the myth.

The effect that this superstition has on anglers is real. As you know from reading the first installment in this fishing clinic, Karma is very important. The thought of bad luck causes an imbalance in the captain and/or crew’s Yin and Yang. The imbalance results in a poor catch. Bananas are bad luck only for those who believe they are bad luck. However, one superstitious crewmember can affect the entire boat’s Karma."