Salty Superstition



So abundant are sailing superstitions



That we've divided ours into superstitions that bring bad luck and Good Luck into two pages



This page deals with all the things you might want to avoid





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Salty Superstition deeply pervades the cruising community. When to set sail, what comes aboard even behavior underway is scrutinized by salts and woe to the sailor who disregards a telling sign. Ignore them at your peril is the unspoken warning.


OK, we are talking myth here. Or are we? The story goes that the British navy, in an attempt to dispel the "Never Begin a Voyage on Friday" myth had a ship laid up on a friday, splashed it down on a friday, named it the HMS Friday and hired a Captain named Friday. The HMS Friday was said to set sail on a friday never to be heard from again.




Sailing for adventure holds an element of risk even in these modern days of people finding gadgets.



The farther we get from mainstream society the deeper the trouble we can encounter.
Still true today but imagine hundreds of years ago setting sail to unknown lands on uncharted seas.
Many sailors never returned from their journeys and that's fodder for the superstition mill.

Salty Superstition is heeded religiously by some and scoffed at by others but it's a rare voyager who hasn't at least heard of some of these and many hold fast to the lore and plan voyages accordingly "just in case". Even the scoffers have often adopted at least some of the salty lore, why take any chances, right?


Sailing your own boat or during a caribbean sail boat charter it's fun to talk to other boaters about these enduring tales.




Prior to Departure




Believers and scoffers alike, beware the telling sign. For Salty Superstition of the good variety go to
Good Luck Superstition


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