Banana on board?

[Hoomi]

If bananas are bad luck aboard ships, how do you suppose banana boats make it to America with their loads of six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch?

Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Day-oh! Day-ay-ay-ay oh!

Daylight come and me wanna go home.

(Oh come on; you didn't really believe you could have a banana topic without the banana song, did you?)

 

[John_B]

I was told by a captain that the "banana thing" had to do with (1) a particularly poisonous spider that lives inside the banana bunches, and (2) monkeys that would invade said tall ships creating havoc and being impossible to catch. :shrug:

 

[1_T_Submariner]

Sounds like you should always have Banana's on board since everything worked out in the end. Without the banana luck factor thing could have been really bad!

 

[Spimon]

Wow, I've never heard the bad luck bannana thing. I never leave port without banannas on board...

They're the only food that's as good on the way up as it is on the way down :2tongue:

 

[Ken abucs]

They're the only food that's as good on the way up as it is on the way down :2tongue:

Peanut butter is even better at this. The ultimate is a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Relatively good nutrition, keeps well and tastes the same in both directions. The perfect brown bag lunch for a day on the boat.

 

[Dr Neil]

Does Bananna Boat sun screen count as a bananna?

 

[ZenDiver.3D]

What about some dude wearing a banana hammock? Does that count, and can we throw him overboard anyway?

 

[John_B]

What about some dude wearing a banana hammock? Does that count, and can we throw him overboard anyway?

It took until the 17th post before someone went there..

 

[Tanked]

Posted by a party fishing boat

 

[F106A]

<snip> ... leaving me completely lost 250' off the wreck out in the sand. I was running out of NDL time and contemplating a free ascent from 130' in a current 33mi off the NJ coast.

I was fortunate to come across the other crew-member. Figured I'd just follow her line to the wreck and then ascend on the anchor, and I'd pick up my reel wherever I left it on the second dive. I signalled to her I lost my reel, waved goodbye, and started to follow her line back to the wreck. Except her line was suddenly going straight up! I ascended a bit quickly to find a fishing hook rapidly bringing it to the surface, I was able to cut the monofilement so her line dropped back down. But now I'm midwater with no line again. Fortunately I figured I must be under the boat, and was able to get to the hang line and all was fine.... <snip>
Just a coincidence with the bananas on board? Read on...
<snip>
...I was on deck and had the great opportunity to practice my rescue skills when an unconscious, non-breathing, cyanotic diver appeared at the surface off the bow. Jumped in with no gear on and towed her back to the boat, where we were able to successfully rescuscitate her. <snip.

Holy cow, RJP. My hat’s off to you! 130’ down the line, 250’ out in the weeds, in a current, no lift bag/upline (am I making a wrong assumption here?) and on a planned no-deco dive to boot. And then the s--- hit the fan! More sack than I have. I’ve never had enough BT to get that far out on a deep no-deco dive. Shoot, that very same day I was hard pressed to squeeze 45 minutes (including deco) at 140+’ sucking 26%. (And I had a reel to find my way back to the hook.) (Tell me you had a scooter, RJP.) And then you saved the damsel, to boot.
“By the living God that made you
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.”
You are my hero; I stand in awe of you!