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This is from J.G. Ballard's "The wind from nowhere"
Donald Maitland is a male character, who failed to depart from the London airport to Canada due to the incredible wind which have stopped all the...

Ok. In this case your sentence "Definitely not in decline amongst sailorfolk!" is "Такое обращение к лодкам, совершенно точно, не исчезнет среди моряков."

Когда я была молодой, я часто ходила в плавание летом по Чесапикскому заливу. Мы жили на борту некоторое время, во Флориде. Ни один морской волк не называл лодку никак иначе как "она". И уж тем...

I've just read an Edgar's Poe story in which a ship was only refereed as "she". Being curious I've found the following in the wikipedia