It or her

[dominicebs]

Am debating with a work colleague - is a narrow boat it or her

[Ally]

Definately a 'she' for me.........she has lovely curves!!

[Nine of Hearts]

A him(self).

[Blue Star]

After 35 years of working on ships and boats its definatley a "she"

[Ray T]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_ship_called_she

[FadeToScarlet]

Narrow boats, traditionally, are "it". Boatmen were less superstitious than their seagoing colleagues.

 

In the same way, narrow boats have a fore end, not a bow, cabin top rather than coach roof or sole, etch.

[Naughty Cal]

Definately a she for ours. Although she is a sea boat not a narrowboat

 

An it couldnt possibly be quite so moody

[Nine of Hearts]

An it couldnt possibly be quite so moody

 

Ah har, no me hearty! For if she were moody, she would have sails.

 

 

[Theo]

I would like to keep "she" for Theodora but I will immediately stop calling the front the "bow" and change to "fore end".

 

N

[carlt]

.........she has lovely curves!!

Mmmm...Let me think..

 

 

 

"It"

[matty40s]

I slightly misread the title,

 

the boat won.

[David Schweizer]

Narrow boats, traditionally, are "it". Boatmen were less superstitious than their seagoing colleagues.

 

In the same way, narrow boats have a fore end, not a bow, cabin top rather than coach roof or sole, etch.

They may have been less superstitious but they were certainly not unsupersticious, I am sure there are people descended from working boat families on tyhe foprum who could confirm this, but I am certainly aware of quite few supersticions which the land based dweller would find most odd.

 

 

Our captain, who was an ex working boatman, always referred to front end and back end. He also referred to inside and outside rather than port and starboard, which, until you understood it, was a bit confusing because inside referred to the side closest to the towpath.

Edited September 19, 2012 by David Schweizer

[Starcoaster]

My boat is a boy, so 'he.'

This confused people often.

MB and I have a theory that metal boats are male, wooden boats are female and tenders can be either (cos else how would boats reproduce!?)

[Proper Job]

My boat is a boy, so 'he.'

This confused people often.

MB and I have a theory that metal boats are male, wooden boats are female and tenders can be either (cos else how would boats reproduce!?)

and fibre glass is just plain wrong

 

 

 

 

 

 

........ Coat!!!!

 

[Ange]

Iona's definitely a she

[pinkoi]

My boat is a boy, so 'he.'

This confused people often.

MB and I have a theory that metal boats are male, wooden boats are female and tenders can be either (cos else how would boats reproduce!?)

 

What about a steel hulled boat with a wooden roof?

 

Probably a good job Rowan is a unisex name

 

I have only ever heard boats referred to as she.

 

[bizzard]

Lady Olga is a transvestite he.

[Machpoint005]

It. Like a car, a narrow boat is a steel box with an engine in it.

[Ange]

It. Like a car, a narrow boat is a steel box with an engine in it.

Our car's a she as well

[Ray T]

My boat is a boy, so 'he.'

This confused people often.

MB and I have a theory that metal boats are male, wooden boats are female and tenders can be either (cos else how would boats reproduce!?)

 

 

I'm confused, if "Wendy May" is a he, doesn't he / she / it have an identity crises?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVTW_-C014o

[Zayna]

She's a she. So is my car, do not ask me why, I just feel that they are both ladies.

 

The boat is called Cheeky B and my car is called Pinky. They are both blue.

 

And that's all I have to say about that.

 

[bizzard]

You could call your car a Eunuch if the back wheels fell off.

[davidc]

As an Engineer I have allways called any mechanical object she, funny come to think of it, that also include all mechanical devices of war (also an ex royal engineer).

 

 

[bizzard]

As an Engineer I have allways called any mechanical object she, funny come to think of it, that also include all mechanical devices of war (also an ex royal engineer).

 

 

Even a Tommy-gun?

[Starcoaster]

A little bit maybe. 'Wendy-May' is the official name but 'Springy' is his real name.