This story is such a coincidental follow-up to Pip's posts on Friday 13th and coincidences, that it made me grin. Especially as nobody was hurt, apart from the obvious stress and anxiety involved!

*Ø* Blogmanac | "Reality TV" ship sinks on Friday 13th
The future of (RTE's new) reality TV show "Cabin Fever" was still being decided last night following the dramatic sinking of the boat off the coast of Tory island on Friday afternoon. Traumatised contestants were being comforted by some family members who arrived on the island yesterday morning while executives of CoCo Productions, the show's producers, decided on the next move.

Cabin Fever turned to shipwreck at around 2pm on Friday afternoon in what, ironically, were the most ideal sailing conditions the crew had encountered since they left Dublin port less than two weeks ago.

The 90-foot schooner struck rocks off Tory Island where the superstition of not going to sea on Friday 13th is still preserved by local fishermen. "People are still very superstitious about Friday 13th and no one would dream of taking a boat out on that day," said Pat Doohan.

The British-registered boat, The Carrie of Carmarthan, was built in 1947. It had originally been used for cray fishing in France.

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I understand too that the boat in question had been re-named, which is considered very unlucky. I still haven't found out its original name - Nóra