Here is a wiki reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...as_% 22she%22)

And, as I recalled:
"This is simply standard English, no more, no less. In English, ships
are always "she". In Russian, they are always "he". It has nothing
whatever to do with hidden gender or sexuality issues, it's just the
English language."

Mark Browne

wrote:
Hi!

Why are boat names most of times feminine or general but hardly ever
they have a masculin name?

Remko