Posted by Adam Quinan on March 24, 2002 at 18:20:30 from 66.185.85.76:
In Reply to: Re: Ships as "she" posted by Peter H on March 24, 2002 at 13:12:04:
I don't think there is any size restriction for giving boats a definite article. You could just as easily say The Swallow or Goblin featured in the series.
It is just a matter of what you want to say and sometimes the definite article comes more euphoniously.