Talk:Boat

Are boats reusable?
Can a boat be returned to inventory after it has been used? I'm just about to add a line saying this cannot be done...
 * I don't believe it can. If you try to pick up a boat it breaks down into three sets of planks and two sticks, which isn't enough material to make a new boat... DannyF1966 21:48, 16 October 2010 (CDT)

My boat just spontaneously broke as i was going down my canal. Is that supposed to happen or did i scrape a wall?
 * if the spot gets too shallow the boat might hit the ground and break too, if its lower than a half block, its probably too low a spot Adi Tetac 08:49, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Canals
Any chance someone could elaborate on this process, perhaps with a video link? I'm missing something about how this works, and what part pressure plates and the like play in the process. L33t3rth4nur1111 11:41, 8 December 2010 (CST)
 * Canal link added to EthosLab's Minecraft - (EATS) How To Build A Road, the best canal I've seen yet Adi Tetac 08:45, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Easy boat docking
If one places a source block on top of the shore directly next to the body of water, then one may navigate at full speed towards said source in a boat. When the boat comes to the source block, it will be propelled upwards and then land on the dry land behind it. If one wants to re-use the boat, all one must do is push it onto the source block and then right click it. This simple technique made using boats far easier for me.

Speed
Does anyone here know how fast boats can go in non-flowing water compared to walking speed? That might be a good thing to add to the article (probably under the Riding boats or Boat physics section). Inquisitribble 22:53, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Boat Teleportation
Should Boat Teleportation (lining up a bunch of boats and right clicking to jump from boat to boat) be mentioned in this article? I've seen videos and it's an extremely fast (although resource-consuming) method of transportation. JesusChrist666 21:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)JesusChrist666

Boat destruction in SMP
It says, as of now on the page: Due to a bug, in multiplayer, when a boat breaks, it will drop two sticks and 3 wood planks, which you cannot pick up. They are added to your inventory upon getting close however. You can't pick them up but they get "picked up" when walked near to. What am I missing? Darkid 23:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

When a particular drop isn't properly supported in multiplayer, there's usually an effect where the client produces copies of the items (which the server doesn't know about, so you can't interact with them) and the server also does, which you can. So what is probably meant here is that you see 6 planks and 4 sticks, half of which can be picked up, and the other half of which stick around uselessly (in your view). I don't know whether this bug actually exists now for boats, but it does for jukeboxes, for example. Certainly the text could use rewriting (and a check to see if the bug is current). —KPReid 14:56, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Exiting boats in SMP - lag problems
On our SMP server, when I right-click to get out of a boat, I'm always standing on top of it. When I try to step off, the server puts me back on. This continues for serveral seconds until I get lucky or the boat breaks. It's probably lag effects, but is this commmon for anyone else? Worthy of mentioning in the article? --JellyfishGreen 11:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Flowing Water Speed
I was wondering if using flowing water could increase the riding speed on a boat. I've personally attempted to test this, but its not clear if it increased the speed when i accelerated on a current directed forward (with me). If it does, by how much? This topic could be included if someone could find the answer.