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Why was it considered bad luck to have a woman on board back in the day of sail ships?

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Probably just a story to stop having "distracting" women on board. I crew not focused could be a danger
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@SW-User makes sense but a lil entertainment wouldn't hurt anyone 🙃
@SW-User s this one time,, when I was running a Tender, off the coast of alaska,
i took there catch to the proccessor, brought them gasoline, basic supplies,
AND had the extra benefit of selling them such things as they needed from my own stores,,

so when 3 ladies I know, from an entierly different part of my life asked
[quote]soo,, what if WE came with? think we would "Do Well"?
[/quote]
so we made a deal,, a % deal,,

imagine ecdysiasts, seen by lonly watermen
we did well indeed,,,
one of them stayed,, with a NEW husband!
@SatyrService made three of these trips..
portland oregon is kinda a stripper capitol.. and many of them get good at it, then head to Alaska