Is Your Boat a "She" or a "He"?

[savageseadog]

In these gender fluid times the traditional "She" could perhaps be transitioned to "He"
If in Scotland the boat might decide to self transition without the consent of the owner.

 

[Bouba]

In these gender fluid times the traditional "She" could perhaps be transitioned to "He"
If in Scotland the boat might decide to self transition without the consent of the owner.

My boat will not be able to transition in Scotland....it’s not yet sixteen years old

 

[Momac]

I refer to the boat without any reference to gender .

 

[Clancy Moped]

What gender is 'kin thing, aargh! FFS'

 

[ProDave]

I refer to it as a she, but it does have a COCKpit, so I suppose it could decide it is a he after all.

But how would I know.

I believe it is a woman because it is temperamental. If it ever becomes totally dependable and predictable with no surprises, then I will know it has chosen to be a he.

 

[Wansworth]

I had a Scottish friend who was of the female inclination who offered to be my friend if I didn’t call my boat she,although it was called Commando,our relationship did not prosper,I think she was a rather thrusting feminist?

 

[Stemar]

it does have a COCKpit, so I suppose it could decide it is a he after all.

I would have thought that would definitively make it a female, but I rather think explaining why would earn me some shore leave

 

[Wansworth]

I would have thought that would definitively make it a female, but I rather think explaining why would earn me some shore leave

Definatley o thin ice which is rather topical?

 

[johnalison]

I'm afraid that she is mostly an 'it'. Occasionally I remember to use the female pronoun, but more often for other people's boats in a vain attempt to be polite.

 

[Praxinoscope]

I suppose my boat could transition without me noticing as the name ’Muntjak’ is obviously derived from the genus of deer so could be either a hind or buck, but I have always considered her to be female, and I shall continue to think of her as she.

 

[Daydream believer]

My boat will not be able to transition in Scotland....it’s not yet sixteen years old

Presumably you followed the government guidlines on education re trans rights when your boat was 4 years old .
If you are not sure, then you will find it in the syllabus, just before learning to read & write

 

[Bouba]

Presumably you followed the government guidlines on education re trans rights when your boat was 6 years old .

My boat stopped listening to me well before it reached six years old

 

[Blueboatman]

Last three have been tomboys I reckon .
No pishing about , feminine , beautiful but solid and ‘ up for it ‘
My first .. dunno . Had a lot of Irish spirit embedded in it over many many years !

 

[Tranona]

Had the problem in 2003 when we bought a new Morgan as although it is arguably a masculine car it is very pretty. So it was named He-she. Very much ahead of its time!

 

[Capt Popeye]

Well guess if a Real Man , then resist that modernist 'crap' and continue , as taught , all Boats are definitely a 'she' ; its been like that since Adam n Eve first went 'boating' together

 

[Jonny A]

'She' is my 'darling', albeit the latter is just whispered under my breath :0

 

[penberth3]

I'm afraid that she is mostly an 'it'. Occasionally I remember to use the female pronoun, but more often for other people's boats in a vain attempt to be polite.

I've always been an "it" person. Giving gender to physical objects had always sounded wrong to me.

 

[KevinV]

It varies on context, but the default is she - it's a respect/ tradition thing I think.

I've also been caught out, to my slight embarrassment, giving the dashboard of the car a pat with a "well done old girl"

 

[Kukri]

She.

In the Rider Haggard sense of that word.

 

[Lightwave395]

A 'She' if the boat is going well, an 'it' if there are problems, leading to 'the bloody thing'