Guest shane Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Yum let's talk recipes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The banana fritter thread is all go down in the cruising forum. Link here. http://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic/13934-banana-fritters/ You should be aware though, if you are not already, that bananas are bad luck on boats. Don't ever have bananas on your boat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest shane Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Nice. I Didn't know they where bad luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 In 2001 The New York Times quoted Rick Etzel of Montauk, New York, captain of The Breakaway, as saying: "Fishermen believe bananas are bad luck. Something about a shipload of bananas that carried some weird bacteria which killed everyone on board. Maybe fictitious, but some people take the banana thing very seriously. A few years back, a guy on one of my charters showed up wearing a Banana Republic T-shirt. Another guy in the group went up to him with a knife and slashed the logo." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 375 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I heard it was simply that a cargo of bananas goes ripe a little fast and turns slushy. Hey presto, instant free surface effect... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Another theory is that bananas, loaded enmass, often bought tarantulas aboard. Like in the banana boat song.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 My understanding is that the superstition had its roots in the point Sabre makes, bananas make other fruit ripen fast, generally meaning if you were shipping produce and had bananas on board, they would make the remainder of the shipment go rotten. Hence they are bad luck. There are numerous accounts of bananas on board and adverse events occurring. One of the most amusing on this site is Oracle having a nice banana chocolate shake on the White Island race a few years back, I believe for breakfast on a nice sunny morning, then promptly breaking the rudder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 See what happens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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