I kissed a propeller and i liked it...

Some say that supertition comes from the belief in supernatural causality, that by doing something A, causes B without any related connection. We sometimes do it to avoid bad things, like avoiding crossing a black cat, or bring good luck. Passed down through our culture, folklore or religion, everyone knows some type of it. Sailors also have supertitions, and probably scuba divers do to.

When i was diving the SS thistlegorm in the red sea, i was told that kissing the trailing edge of it´s propeller would bring good luck. Hmmm....yep seems legit, so i did it....and i still havent won the lottery ( although i did have some fine dives that week ). My buddy also did the same - reluctantly i might add, as he wasn´t very keen on removing his regulator at 28 meters of depth - but also without any effect. We did have some laughs afterwards - we did in fact kiss the Thistlgorms bottom....
Oh well, i guess i´ll try on other wrecked ship propellers. Who knows, i might really bring me luck...

I wonder if there are other kind of scuba supertitions....

So pucker up....

Atlantic diver