Is your boat a lady?

Its a tier 4 lockdown Friday night, and as ever my thought turn to inconsequential matters. 

The thing is, I've noticed that many boating types refer to boats in the female tense. 

I've always known this was a thing with coastal or seagoing craft, of course, from reading dozens of novels, maritime accounts, and of course films. 

But are canal boats discussed in the female tense? 

Judging by the names, it seems not all of them are. Things like 'dunworkin', 'lazydays', or 'Thor' do not have a particularly female ring. 
But I've noticed several professionals refer to mine or others boats as female, and the first few times it slightly took me aback, even though I should have been ready for it. 

I had gotten into the apparently deplorable habit of calling my boat 'it', when a guy filling up my diesel said something about 'her' having a slight list. 

For a millisecond my eyes darted around us, looking for what might be a very unfortunate passing woman- and then I realised he meant my boat had a list. 

I had to go along with this convention, even though it felt slightly strange way to talk about something that I had always considered a sort of floating apartment (being utterly devoid of romance as I am, and with the soul and emotions of a termite). 

So I kept up with the whole nautical thing. "Yes, she does, doesn't she? She does. She has a list."

Its happened a few times since, and I just got to wondering- clearly some folks think of their boats as female, and others see them as objects- as floating accommodation. 

So where, my dear folks of TB, do you sit on this scale of boats being ladies?