2007-02-06 18:16:46 · 8 answers · asked by Bill332002 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
1. They are tempermental
2. They are dangerous
3. Would yoyu want to ride a "He"?
2007-02-06 18:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all cultures do, Russians traditionally refer to a ship as he...We follow the same tradition as Britain where a ship is referred to as she.
2007-02-07 03:28:27 · answer #2 · answered by johnkmayer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Semantic flamboyant grandiloquence nautical word-name history my friend.Every beautifully detailed grand ship deserves a beautiful womens name ! Leave the guys names to the dingys.I had a beauty of a former fiance' named Diana, and now an even more beautiful wife who's name is also Diana. Hence, Now,I have a awesome boat that is rightfully named ... "Diana # Three".
2007-02-06 19:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by Cliff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IIt used to be bad luck to have a woman aboard, so the ship was the only love.
2007-02-07 01:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they take you places you've NEVER been to and then sometimes they kill you on the way there or the way back.
It's just a natural extension of the way they are to name them female names. Other times they break down unexpectedly with tragic results.
All in all a very fitting tradition.
2007-02-06 18:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the days of Sails, you can steer a ship but you can not control were she really goes or how she behaves.
2007-02-06 18:26:29 · answer #6 · answered by Carl P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are manned by men. Calling a ship by a guy's name would therefore be pretty gay.
2007-02-06 18:22:02 · answer #7 · answered by Buford T. Justice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it has a vagina
2007-02-06 18:22:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋