Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating

I have an issue where the ships I build keep breaking while I have them docked, even in safe areas when no enemies are around, and I frequently lose the building materials which I typically spend 1-2 hours acquiring per ship. I have completely lost probably 6-8 longships because of this. It seems to have to do with terrain collision, but even when I'm not touching any land this still occurs in shallow water, which makes it extremely difficult to dock anywhere near land or my base. I wonder if the way ships render/spawn in has to do with this, as I have seen them suddenly jump into the air and fall like when you build them.
5:13 pm, July 2, 2021
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Jivan69 replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 5:44:39 pm PDT

just beach you ship then make a crafting table in order to dissemble your ship that way you are guaranteed to get all your resources back, then remake it when you need to as it avoids random damage or even the occasional loss of resources when you can't get them when they fall to deep in water
2:13 am, July 3, 2021
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Isaac_Clark replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 6:10:21 pm PDT

Originally posted by Jivan69:
just beach you ship then make a crafting table in order to dissemble your ship that way you are guaranteed to get all your resources back, then remake it when you need to as it avoids random damage or even the occasional loss of resources when you can't get them when they fall to deep in water
Since when are we allowed to use the deconstruct command on ships? We've always had to stand at the mast and attack with an axe to break the ship down and get all the materials back.
2:13 am, July 3, 2021
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Talandar replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 11:08:12 am PDT

@Isaac_Clark except it's always swimming depth, the locations I use are deep enough that I can't use the pickaxe and I often lose the materials completely because they despawn anyway. I always try to make sure the ship isn't touching ground, but it's not clear or apparent most of the time. I just wish the things weren't so fragile that literally grazing the shore destroys them completely and sets me back hours
8:13 pm, July 2, 2021
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fusioncut replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 11:54:01 am PDT

The materials should not despawn in the shallow water if a work bench is within range. I use 2 wooden beams horizontal from dock over the boat, and then 2 vertical beams down, to lock it in place so it doesnt move around.
8:13 pm, July 2, 2021
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stvlepore replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 12:29:27 pm PDT

If away from my base exploring, I build a bench, chest and break them down to store them. At the very least build the bench and make sure they are 100%
8:13 pm, July 2, 2021
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Isaac_Clark replied to Ships keep breaking, losing resources, extremely frustrating July 2, 2021 @ 9:42:44 am PDT

If the water is that shallow then you should be getting all your materials back. Also, if the water is so shallow that you can stand in it then you need to make it less shallow with your pick.
5:13 pm, July 2, 2021
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