Why is a ship referred to as a *SHE*/Nautical knowledge tests!

[Tonka's Skipper]

Nautical knowledge time!

The old saying goes something like this:

*Things of grace and beauty are referred to in the Female gender*

(hows that for pollicaly and marriage wise correct!)



Now there are more, shall we say *saltier versions*!

Anyone know them?


AKK

 

[over50visits]

Needs a lot of paint? Always looking for buoys? All decked out? Shows off her topside?

DH says maintenance is expensive!

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I have no idea! BUT, I would love more nautical knowledge! All I know is port, starboard, forward, aft.

 

[SallySkelington]

Needs a lot of paint? Always looking for buoys? All decked out? Shows off her topside?

DH says maintenance is expensive!

Only when I read the Dis does my laughter cause harm to my computer.

 

[Magix]

The theory I've heard (from a few sailors) is that they're female because they protect men and carry them in their belly.

 

[insureman]

Here's the official line from the Navy at Navy.mil. I never questioned it for fear of "Extra Military Instruction"

"Why is a ship referred to as "she?"
It has always been customary to personify certain inanimate objects and attribute to them characteristics peculiar to living creatures. Thus, things without life are often spoken of as having a sex. Some objects are regarded as masculine. The sun, winter, and death are often personified in this way. Others are regarded as feminine, especially those things that are dear to us. The earth as mother Earth is regarded as the common maternal parent of all life. In languages that use gender for common nouns, boats, ships, and other vehicles almost invariably use a feminine form. Likewise, early seafarers spoke of their ships in the feminine gender for the close dependence they had on their ships for life and sustenance."

 

[UmmGooD]

My wife says if a ship was a guy like me it would get lost and wouldn't ask for directions.

 

[ThePhantomsGirl]

My wife says if a ship was a guy like me it would get lost and wouldn't ask for directions.

 

[disdel]

Saltier, yes, there's several that come to mind - but one I'm comfortable posting is

"The initial cost isn't too bad, it's the upkeep"

 

[stitchlovestink]

My wife says if a ship was a guy like me it would get lost and wouldn't ask for directions.

TOO FUNNY!!!!!

 

[justmestace]

Pointy in the front and wider in the back??

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

Pointy in the front and wider in the back??

Ex Techie

 

[com_op_2000]

She is a hole (in the water) that one pours money into.

 

[Go disney123]

Maybe the same reason we call cars "she"

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

I have no idea! BUT, I would love more nautical knowledge! All I know is port, starboard, forward, aft.

Proper nautical knowledge, or salty nautical knowledge! lol!

Ex Techie

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

LOL.........you folks did really well, a few I never heard of as well!

Mine, that I can post....

1. The rigging always costs more then the hull.

2. There is something so similair to caressing the curve of a fine hull and the swell of a womans...........(ok you can fill that in)

3. Ships always love there bottems wet.

4. Like a gal.........a ship always lets you know when her engines is wound up!


AKK

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

I have no idea! BUT, I would love more nautical knowledge! All I know is port, starboard, forward, aft.

OK..........here are a few.........

easy:

1. what is the floor of a ship?

2. What is the bridge?

3. What is the transom?

4. Where is the crows nest?

5. What side of the ship is port and which is Starboard



Not so easy:

1. What is the gunwale?

2. Where is the bilge keel?

3. Why are guests rooms called.............CABINS?

STATEROOMS?

4 Ships/boats on what waterways have kitchens and not galleys?

5. Is it the lenses or the bulb in the port running light that is green?

6. What does the letters *AB* stand for and what is the crew member
crewmembers job?

7. Why is todays cruises ships usually fitted with a horn and not a
whistle?

8. What is a relative bearing?

9. Where is a repeating compass found?

Really hard(for land lovers)

1. A ship is approaching your ship, on the starboard bow, showing
you a red running light. Who has the right of way?.you? or the
approaching vessel?

2. Why is the sides of a ship called port and starboard?


HAVE FUN!

AKK

 

[jilljill]

I'll give the 'really hard' one a try

The approaching vessel has the right of way no matter the size.

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

From the easy's:

3. No idea!
know the rest and won't spoil them.

From the not so easy's:

4. Open sea's?
5. The port side light, and lens should be red. The same color as the drink port.

Hard one's:

1. the larger (Gross tonnage) of the two vessels??

The other's, I have no idea!
I hope it's like the crossword where the answers will be posted the next day!

Ex Techie

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

An oldie, but a still a goodie! Probably a myth, but still funny!
(I hope this isn't off topic!)

"Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to
avoid collision.

Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the
North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15
degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,
divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS
SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES
NORTH--I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH--OR
COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call."



Ex Techie