Always a Lady

Sailboats are always referred to as feminine as in, "She's a beauty." How this started I cannot say, but the deference is well applied. Sailboats, like kayaks, with their displacement hulls are a thing of beauty and grace as they glide on (actually in) quiet waters. Their bows cut cleanly through the liquid until weather stirs the waters and the shapely hulls lift themselves gracefully to climb a wave. And like all fine women, they are tough inside and can slug it out in anything we have the nerve to take them into.

And don't we treat them like ladies? We spray them with UV protective potions to preserve their lovely skins and wax them so that when in public they look their best. Should one be damaged, cosmetic surgery is done to restore her gel coat, and no one would dare guess her age.

Although we have no centerfolds in our magazines, there are all sorts of opinionated reviews regarding how they act on dates. We even (and without shame) talk about their weight and other measurements. But let's face it, we choose the one we love mostly by her eye appeal, especially as to how she looks caressing the water and the way she moves (I don't smoke, but I have this urge for a cigarette).

Paddle safe...
DS