Most of us put the female gender on our yachts, boats etc but you don't often see a female name on a yacht. We Have Ramona here of course but many boat names you see are conceptual like Fusion, Addiction, Insatiable, Envy, Once More Dear Friends, Heaven Can Wait but you just don't see a lot of yachts with a straight out female name.

Just to be clear, I am not talking about the language. I am referring to the way the French view a yacht. They found it quite amusing when I referred to the boat as a she. They told me in their eyes a yacht is an it.
They also thought it was wrong to place a coin under the mast when it was stepped out of interest .

Interesting topic ...

my boat name, altho' not female in name, is female in gender ............ and boats in spanish are also masculine in gender, but mine is a "she" for a lot of reasons and always will be she.

"Old School"
I wear it as a badge of honor.

Seems the whole world has gone "politically correct" with Lloyds List now even saying ships are "it"


But for a whole different totally "politically incorrect" look at the same question, this particular US Rear Admiral explanation is worth a read.

For your reading www.glossophilia.org/?p=1411

southace said..

If you don't like how I headline my posts just move along promptly.

Aye, aye , Sir!!

Perhaps start your own on your little Lotas 9.7 that never seems to get used.

It is a Lotus 9.2, therefore more belittling than your comment.

Check the forum and you will see that I have started few threads based around it.

It is my toy and I play with it on a regular basis.

Oh Sam. England is the land of mud flats and bilge keels. Far more motivating for me are thoughts of the islands of Queensland.

Perhaps the little bit of bitchiness that has crept into this thread is the sort of thing that has kept the Ladies/Women/Females/Dolls/Chicks away lately.

Yara said..
Perhaps the little bit of bitchiness that has crept into this thread is the sort of thing that has kept the Ladies/Women/Females/Dolls/Chicks away lately.

I'm a little sad to see the bitchiness referred to creeping into this thread by which was started by Southace... Where are the females?... which I interpreted as warm thoughts towards those few of us girls who post on here occasionally.

I don't find anything derogatory about being called female. I have certainly been called much worse than that. ... and Cisco, I know you are old school and chivalrous, and probably worried we were offended, but I for one was not offended in the least. I was rather quite touched that we were missed. You are right though in that I think it is harder to find "ladies" these days.

Boadicea comes to mind S.A. she may of been on land but she kick some arse and there's many others

While we're on the subject......one of my all time heroes, Florence Arthaud winning the Route du Rum single handed, and doing it in style.....swoon...

samsturdy said...

Toph said..
Being somewhat an anonymous on these threads, I would think there are more females here than some of us think.

TOPH!!!......you are the philosophical one..the realm of men..Aristotle, Plato etc. Are you alluding to the
fact that you could be.....gulp.....a woman. lol.

Ha ha Sam... I have been called many things in my time. Many deserved and I answer to most. But a female I am not

Shaggybaxter said..
Hi Loose,
Up until you mentioned it, I hadn't thought about it.
Now I'm really worried. My god, imagine yearning for a Peugot or Citroen....I feel sick.

Buy a Peugeot, that will help you feel better in no time at all. BTW, guess what brand of car I drive. It's my third one, I must be sick, but the first one had 650,000 thousand on it when I sold it and the second one was at 375,000, so they must do something right

When I was a kid in Tanzania back in the sixties the East African Safari was an annual event captured everyone's imagination. The roads in those days, (probably still are today), absolutely atrocious and having a vehicle which could get around on them without breaking was the major factor in choice.

Peugot 404's were without a doubt the most competitive in this event.

Not that I can see what that has to do with females although many of my vehicles have been referred to as bitch!