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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    As wiki goes: This, however, is considered a stylistically marked, optional figure of speech. This usage is furthermore in decline and advised against by most journalistic style guides such as The Chicago Manual of Style. That's why i am asking present day speakers how they would say nowadays. E.A.Poe, of course, uses 'she' when he writes about ships (i also remember noticing this in his stories), but he is the 19th century writer.
    Argh! I was raised sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and we lived aboard for awhile here in Florida. No self-respecting sailor, then or now, calls a sailing craft anything but "she." Definitely not in decline amongst sailorfolk!

    Когда я была молодой, моя семья отправилась в плавание летом на Чесапикского залива. Мы жили на борту некоторое время, в Флориде. Нет морской волк все звонки ничего лодку, но "она". Конечно, не «сокращение» среди моряков.

    I cannot speak for motorboats or ships, although I have heard them called both "she" and "it."

    Я не могу говорить о катерах или кораблях, хотя я слышала, как называют их «она» и «он.»

    Sailing, though, has its own terminology in English. For example, there is only one rope on a sailboat: the bucket rope. All others are called lines. The lines that lift the sails are called halyards (also spelled halliards). The lines that steer the sails are called sheets. And, so forth.

    У паручного спорта есть своя терминология на англйиском языке. На пример, есть только одна веревка на паруснике: ведро веревкой. Все другие называются линиями (линия – не так ли?). Линии, что поднимает паруса называются фалы. Линии, что управлять паруса называются шкоты, и так далее.

    Is there a special vocabulary for sailing in Russian?

    Есть ли морская терминология на русском языке? (Думаю, что да!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Winifred View Post
    Argh! I was raised sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and we lived aboard for awhile here in Florida. No self-respecting sailor, then or now, calls a sailing craft anything but "she." Definitely not in decline amongst sailorfolk!
    Когда я была молодой, я часто ходила в плавание летом по Чесапикскому заливу. Мы жили на борту некоторое время, во Флориде. Ни один морской волк не называл лодку никак иначе как "она". И уж тем более среди моряков. (I am not sure since I've not got the English sentence too.)

    Quote Originally Posted by Winifred View Post
    I cannot speak for motorboats or ships, although I have heard them called both "she" and "it."
    Я не могу говорить о катерах или кораблях, хотя я слышала, как называют их «она» и «оно»

    Quote Originally Posted by Winifred View Post
    Sailing, though, has its own terminology in English. For example, there is only one rope on a sailboat: the bucket rope. All others are called lines. The lines that lift the sails are called halyards (also spelled halliards). The lines that steer the sails are called sheets. And, so forth.
    У парусного спорта есть своя терминология на англйиском языке. На пример, есть только одна веревка на паруснике: у ведра с веревкой. Все другие называются тросами (или канатами). Канаты, которыми поднимают паруса называются фалы. Канаты, которыми управляют парусами называются шкоты, и так далее.
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