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Bananas are BAD LUCK!!!!   
       Capt. Larry Blue
 

There is a tale among Charter Boat Captains worldwide that dictate that there

be NO BANANAS on board. Where does that come from?.. I’m not sure anyone

really knows. But, Why are they BAD LUCK? Read on…
 
          The research that I’ve done so far has it that the first time that “NO BANANAS”
became the rule of the sea comes from a Captain on a destroyer during the 2nd. World
War. It seems that the Commander slipped and fell on a banana peel carelessly dropped
on the deck, and he ordered from then on that there be “NO BANANAS” in the
Comm.
 

          The second perhaps is because banana boats plying the sea were often the

ridicule of other sailors because most of the ships were not the best of condition and
would often sink. Maybe they sank due to the German U-boats that would torpedo
them, or maybe would just sink under their own state of disrepair. Either way, they
weren’t often sought after by sailors looking for a merchant ship to sign on to. (Was it
the bananas, or was it the boat?) You decide.
 

          As far as we charter boat captains.. we just think that BANANAS are BAD

LUCK and shouldn’t be allowed onboard for that simple reason.
 

          Want proof?
 

          One time a few years ago while fishing off Clearwater we were out fishing for the

better part of the morning with absolutely no fish, not one bite. The past couple days we
had been catching our limit with almost ease in a very short period of time. Now, the
mate and I were exchanging glances as to; “I wonder why those fish won’t bite?” One of
our guests must have got hungry and upon opening his cooler revealed a BIG bunch of
the offending fruit sitting right on top of the opened ice chest. There they were in their
YELLOW glory! As soon as the culprit fruit were spotted.. my mate grabbed the yellow
fruit and promptly threw the whole bunch overboard. (The guest was speechless.) As the
boat continued on its’ course trolling for whatever fish had the misfortune to touch our
hooks, the bananas bobbed to the surface in the wake behind the boat. As the lines
coursed their way through the water.. and as soon as the forbidden fruit were out of the
boat and passed over the trolled lines.. suddenly the rods sang out from the strain of a
hapless pair of big fish. COINCIDENCE??? You ask? I think NOT!.. for from that
point on there is a RULE on THIS boat.. NO BANANAS!
 

I’m considering whether banana bread and muffins are to be included? Fruit of

the Loom briefs might also be banned.
 

So, if when you get onboard the mate happens to eye your lunch cooler with

suspicion, you’ll know why.  
 
Capt. Larry
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