{"id":2874,"date":"2013-12-12T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovesail.com\/ls-news\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2023-08-06T09:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T08:02:37","slug":"sailing-superstitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/sailing-superstitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing Superstitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sailors were a superstitious lot, not surprising given the risky nature of the job. \u00a0They would spend months at sea at the mercy of high winds, rough seas and cutlass wielding pirates. \u00a0To try and guarantee a safe passage many superstitions grew up on deck. <!--more-->\u00a0Here are a few sailing superstitions and their origins. \u00a0Whether you believe them or not?&#8230;&#8230;I&#8217;ll leave that entirely up to you!<\/p>\n<h2>Albatross<\/h2>\n<p>My favourite of the sailing superstitions concerns the albatross. \u00a0 If an albatross follows a ship it is thought of as good luck. \u00a0Sea birds, in general, are believed to be good luck as they indicate that land is nearby. \u00a0An albatross, however, can stay out at sea for months and travel many miles from land. \u00a0Indeed they can circumnavigate the earth in just 45 days. Ancient sailors believed that the albatross carried the souls of dead sailors. \u00a0If an albatross followed a ship it gave protection to all on board. \u00a0They thought sailors from the past were watching over the ship and crew in the form of an albatross and it would bring good luck. \u00a0For this reason, it is considered very bad luck to kill or injure an albatross. \u00a0The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tells the story of the Mariner and the bad luck that befalls the crew after he kills an albatross following the ship.<\/p>\n<h2>Whistling<\/h2>\n<p>Whistling on board a boat is considered very bad luck. \u00a0It is said to &#8220;whistle up the wind&#8221; and thus a storm. \u00a0It could also come from the fact that messages were sent around a big sailing ship via the use of a whistle.\u00a0 For a voice to carry around a big ship with the wind and sea adding to the general noise was impossible. \u00a0Whistles could be heard over this noise. \u00a0Different blasts on the bosun&#8217;s whistle carried a different meaning for all the crew to hear. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Whistle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whistling<\/a> could have interfered with this system and resulted in confusion if other whistles were heard.<\/p>\n<h2>Tattoos<\/h2>\n<p>Sailors have long been associated with tattoos and it is believed to be good luck to have a tattoo. They started to become popular around the mid-1700s with sailors returning from the South Pacific expeditions on Captain Cook&#8217;s ships. \u00a0Cook had seen may &#8220;savages&#8221; with tattoo&#8217;s during his voyages of the South Pacific Islands and his men started to copy the practice. \u00a0The swallow tattoo, in particular, is associated with sailors and was a symbol of experience. \u00a0One legend holds that for every 5,000 nautical miles a sailor had travelled a barn swallow was tattooed onto the chest hand or neck. \u00a0Two swallows meant over 10,000 nautical miles had been achieved. \u00a0With sailing being a very dangerous occupation the more swallows a sailor had the greater his sailing skills and experience. The swallow also represented homecoming. \u00a0Swallows always return home to the same place each year. \u00a0Sailors would have a tattoo of a swallow at the beginning of a voyage to ensure a safe passage and homecoming.<\/p>\n<h2>Friday<\/h2>\n<p>It is considered bad luck to set sail on a Friday. \u00a0This could be for many reasons. \u00a0One quote is that Jesus was crucified on a Friday, and with religion playing a big part on board a sailing ship, this would have been most important. \u00a0There is also an urban myth that the British Navy or the French Navy (depending on where you lived!) was so frustrated with these sailing superstitions that they commissioned the building of a ship to be named HMS Friday. \u00a0The keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and set sail on her maiden voyage on a Friday. \u00a0The commanding officer was none other than one Captain James Friday. Once over the horizon, HMS Friday was never seen again!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related Articles for Sailing Superstitions: <a title=\"more sailing superstitions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/2014\/03\/more-sailing-superstitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Sailing Superstitions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/testimonials\/logosmall-31\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/logosmall.png?fit=34%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"34,36\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"logosmall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/logosmall.png?fit=34%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/logosmall.png?resize=34%2C36&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"lovesail\" width=\"34\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for more sailing friends?\u00a0 Yacht pals? boat buddies?\u00a0 Then join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\">Lovesail.com<\/a>, an online sailing community where single sailors meet up for dating, friendships or crewing opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sailors were a superstitious lot, not surprising given the risky nature of the job. \u00a0They would spend months at sea at the mercy of high winds, rough seas and cutlass wielding pirates. \u00a0To try and guarantee a safe passage many superstitions grew up on deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6479],"tags":[398,399,400,397,402,401],"class_list":["post-2874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discover","tag-sailing-good-luck","tag-sailing-omens","tag-sailing-portents","tag-sailing-superstitions","tag-sailors-luck","tag-sailors-superstitions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sailing Superstitions from Lovesail.com - Find a sailing soulmate.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sailors were a superstitious lot, not surprising given the risky nature of the job. 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