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#27... Your a better man than me Gunga Din. Sailing by choice on Friday 13th. Stand by Brian for more calamitys, for Gods sake dont break anymore mirrors as well. Get a weather report before you sail and if in doubt advice the first dressed up person you see going or coming off the Bridge. Bon Voyage. Cheers John S.
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Hi John, it is also on the same ship and the same itinery that I sailed on last year when after six days from San Diego to the first port, Honolulu, I was taken to hospital with only four days left to live without an operation. I was very very lucky to be there.
As regards to Sailing on Friday 13 at 5pm, I heard the country and western song, `Its Five o`clock some where.`
So I figured that in the UK it is 1am on Saturday 14 Febuary, so hopefully I have beat the Jinx if I do not turn my watch to local time.
I also wrote to the Presidents Office of Holland America Line in Seattle, WA, and told them about it. I await a reply..
Hope I am OK.
Cheers
Brian.

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Here is an explanation of sailing on a Friday................
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Don't start a trip on Friday or you will encounter misfortune. Ships that set sail on a Friday will have bad luck, as in the tale of H.M.S. Friday. One hundred years ago, the British government sought to quell the longstanding superstition among seamen that setting sail on Fridays was unlucky. A special ship was commissioned and given the name "H.M.S. Friday." They laid her keel on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, selected her crew on a Friday, and hired a man named Jim Friday to be her captain. To top it off, H.M.S. Friday embarked on her maiden voyage on a Friday — and was never seen or heard from again.

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Historians have dispelled a rumour that the Royal Navy once launched a ship called HMS Friday to encourage sailors to set sail on that day.
According to the myth, the Royal Navy launched HMS Friday on a Friday and put a Captain James Friday in command before it myseriously disappeared.

But Portsmouth's Royal Navy Museum said no HMS Friday had ever existed.

The museum's Julian Thomas said the story "regularly arose", particularly around a superstitious Friday the 13th.

'Sailors are superstitious'

He added there was "absolutely no truth to the tale which has many internet references".

"Presumably, it has surfaced because of it being Friday the 13th this week and there are dozens of references to it on the internet," said Mr Thomas.

"Sailors certainly are superstitious - it's something to do with being at the mercy of such an unpredictable element as the sea - and anyway who would want to give up a weekend ashore.

"But we can confirm that there has never been a Royal Navy ship named HMS Friday - or after any other day of the week for that matter."