Why do sailors call boats she?

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This old tradition is thought to stem from the fact that in the Romance languages, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. The word for "ship" is always feminine. For this reason, Mediterranean sailors always referred to their ship as "she". The practice was adopted over the centuries by their English-speaking counterparts.

Livewell operation?

Probably the only 'she' they see.

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Most men call anything that they might refer too as a she because it is part of their life and wonderful, just like our Mothers', wives, or significant other

What is the origin of the term head in reference to a boat?

Mother earth? Cars, stereos, planes, they are all Janes!

Human propeller?

Not all cultures do. Some refer to them as "he", while some do not assign a gender at all. This convention seems to come from antiquity and evidently refers to the amount of work and money that it takes to operate ships, and the unpredictable nature of even well-sailed ships on the sea.

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I sail on a 47 foot yacht and we call her "she" because it is beautiful, like a beautiful woman. It's helm is also extremely sensitive, so it is more like a woman than a man

On some seaside their are piers or pontoon or jelly, iwant to know manufacturer of such jelly from fiberglass?

cause...most are not gay!

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boats are called she because they are usually named after female loved ones are famous ladies

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The sea, the ocean, the vessel are normally referred to as "she" because they can't be tamed. Whenever 'man' has encountered something in history that has been proven to be unpredictable... it is a she.
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