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Eisboch Eisboch is offline
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Default Why are boat names feminine?


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Hi!

Why are boat names most of times feminine or general but hardly ever
they have a masculin name?

Remko


Ancient tradition.
Women aboard was also considered to bring bad luck.
Same with bananas and umbrellas today.

Eisboch