<div dir="ltr"><div>>course was 50 percent naval architecture and 50 percent salty anecdotes.</div><div> </div><div>Excellent! The perfect tutor!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 November 2015 at 13:24, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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!<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 7:38 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt"><div>Steve,</div>
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<div>Same here. Bananas are bad luck. I believe the sailor superstitions are the same world wide, but they are there for good reason.</div>
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<div>Thanks,<br>Scott </div>
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<div><span>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Diver about to have a new home<br></span><span>From: Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles<br><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Date: Wed, November 11, 2015 7:33 pm<br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Why not go the whole hog and rename it "Banana" :)</div>
<div dir="ltr">(they're bad luck on boats in the northern hemisphere as well, right?).</div>
<div dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>Steve</div>
</span><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On 12/11/2015 1:03 PM, "<a href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com" target="_blank">swaters@waters-ks.com</a> via Personal_Submersibles" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div>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?</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(87,87,87);font-size:85%">Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>Date: 11/11/2015 5:38 PM (GMT-06:00) <br>To: <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> <br>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Lake Diver about to have a new home <br><br>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>Hmmm … it’s bad luck to rename a surface vessel, how about a sub? 😊</div>
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