@bob normally sailing is passed down father to son, but for me, I just went out and decided to learn to sail one day, so some traditions may be cut short. I do try to follow the traditions (that I like) though. In polynesia, the waka is a "he", also, in kiwi english you can say "she'll be right" where "she" is just the situation in general? I heard that english used to have much more gendered terms, but lost that at some point. In french everything is either male or female. A moustash is female, for example.