Ships designed for all male crews with 25% having to be constantly rotated for pregnancies.
Every ship is different and you need to be on a ship for 8 months to really know her at all.
Yes, but the principles of conning a ship in the open ocean are the same be it a Naval Academy YP or an aircraft carrier, and are pretty much the same on a sailing dingy, except you don’t have to worry about sails and wind direction.