Why do you guys indentify ships and boats as women?

That’s muh girl!

As noted by others it seems to be more cultural than linguistic. Neither the Old English for *boat* or *ship* were feminine.

Technically they are gender neutral (it) but often regarded as female rather than as women. Italy does the same, so I expect there are other nations and cultures that do the same. Where are you from, if I may ask?

I mean... Just look at that... It looks like a giant p****

Some sort of metaphor. The boat is a woman as if it were our wife. But I don't really know. It's the same thing for Locomotives

Not guys. Everyone.

Reminds me of this scene from Ninjago where one character asks the same thing, and the other replies "cause they both need paint to look pretty"

Im not a native so I cant answer about vehicles but my favorite joke is saying "she" about inanimate objects like if I cant open a jar I'll say "oh she wants to fight" or something like that and native speakers understand that I'm joking

Because they go on a Maiden Voyage. Men aren't Maids.

It's named after not identified as

Because historically, most sailors were men, and most men find women attractive/comforting/mothering/protective; the ship is personified as a romantic partner.

Tradition. It is also strictly optional. Not just boats, but many extremely large things (space ships, countries, sometimes even planets)

We are not crazy enough to identify a ship as a man.

Most of us don't actually

If you want a serious answer, we don't really. A ship is referred to using the pronoun "it" in typical speech. Grammatically, a ship doesn't have a gender. Traditionally seafarers would refer to a boat as "she", probably because the traditionally male captains would romanticize the ship as their wife/mother/mistress. This can extend to other objects which can be lovingly considered female by their (usually male) owners such as cars, airplanes, even guitars. It relates a feeling of intimacy with something that would otherwise be considered an object. I've heard of some people naming their cars male names and referring to them as "he" as well. It's not a rule, it's not grammatical gender, it's simply metaphorical.

It's a very old tradition. There are several reasons that play into it. Here's a [summary](https://www.clippermarine.co.uk/news/why-are-boats-female/).