"She" becomes "It"

[Tempest245]

Interestingly, the 1st American Warship to be actually named for a woman was the USS Higby..Commissioned in WWII.....upon which my Dad served as a plank owner. The Higby was named after a Navy Nurse...My middle brother is a now Captain in the Navy Nurse Corps... I remind them both though that... I'm still the only Sailor in the family...

When LLoyds makes my boat payment, they can decide what to call my Vessel.
Until then......

[Robertcateran]

Polynesians ascribe a masculine identity to their canoes. Whichever tradition we ascribe to I am sure that some will be unsatisfied. The world is now international and it is arrogant to enforce a British tradition on the rest of theworld