by Old Sailor » June 20, 2017, 9:16 am
I believe in coincidence but not superstition. I had a fit out of vessel leaving the dock on a friday. I highly regarded superstition held by many crew and officers of our ship as bad luck. As we were only leaving the layup dock and going to the loading dock on the friday, I thought that it was not really the first trip. As I mentioned my concern to the home office of this superstition of the crew, my boss recommended dropping the mooring lines off the dock bollards, Log the departure in the ship's and engine room's Log on the Thursday before, then put the lines back on, and Log as arrival. That should squelch the superstition. Well be left for the fit out dock, which was just across the harbor on friday. Departed the loading dock early on saturday. When we got close to the unloading port a day later. the MG's for the deck winches would not start. The Chief Engineer calls to tell me, the captain, that the reason for the malfunctions was because we left on a friday. Crazy of what?
I believe in coincidence but not superstition. I had a fit out of vessel leaving the dock on a friday. I highly regarded superstition held by many crew and officers of our ship as bad luck. As we were only leaving the layup dock and going to the loading dock on the friday, I thought that it was not really the first trip. As I mentioned my concern to the home office of this superstition of the crew, my boss recommended dropping the mooring lines off the dock bollards, Log the departure in the ship's and engine room's Log on the Thursday before, then put the lines back on, and Log as arrival. That should squelch the superstition. Well be left for the fit out dock, which was just across the harbor on friday. Departed the loading dock early on saturday. When we got close to the unloading port a day later. the MG's for the deck winches would not start. The Chief Engineer calls to tell me, the captain, that the reason for the malfunctions was because we left on a friday. Crazy of what?