Kids will say the damndest things

I was struggling to recall why ships are referred to as she in response to a question from Sophie. She walked patiently beside me listening intently as I explained about language and the feminine and masculine and how ships carried feminine descriptors in the old days. I was trying hard to evade any of the contemporary definitions about, cost of upkeep, paint and powder, etc when she asked me quite innocently.
"Daddy could it possibly be because only so many men can get on before she sinks?"

Could be Sophie, Could be...