[PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Diver about to have a new home

[James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles]

>course was 50 percent naval architecture and 50 percent salty anecdotes.

Excellent!  The perfect tutor!

On 12 November 2015 at 13:24, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> My professor of naval architecture in college was a crusty old merchant
> marine captain whose course was 50 percent naval architecture and 50
> percent salty anecdotes. Many of his stories came about because he used to
> carry bananas, and when you have a cargo of bananas the slightest delay
> becomes a crisis because the load rots within days. I wonder if that is why
> bananas are considered bad luck!
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 7:38 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Same here. Bananas are bad luck. I believe the sailor superstitions are
>> the same world wide, but they are there for good reason.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Diver about to have a new home
>> From: Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles
>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Date: Wed, November 11, 2015 7:33 pm
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>
>> Why not go the whole hog and rename it "Banana" :)
>> (they're bad luck on boats in the northern hemisphere as well, right?).
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
>> On 12/11/2015 1:03 PM, "swaters at waters-ks.com via Personal_Submersibles"
>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> A sub is a boat. I'd be warey about renaming her. It's the supersticious
>>> sailer in me. Haha. Is Mark not doing the sub school stuff anymore?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>> Date: 11/11/2015 5:38 PM (GMT-06:00)
>>> To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Diver about to have a new home
>>>
>>> For those wondering what happened to her, I'm about to buy her from Mark
>>> Ragan. Mark and I have been diving together since the early 70’s so
>>> we're “keeping her in the family” and in Maryland.
>>>
>>> Hmmm … it’s bad luck to rename a surface vessel, how about a sub? 😊
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Microsoft Surface
>>>
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