Sank my boat near shoreline and the items in it's storage disappeared?

I managed to sinkk my boat near shoreline, it was quite dark as it was a night in the area I was in and the screen was literally pitch black. Then in the morning when I searched to recover the boat I only found the boat materials, yet the few items in it's storage were nowhere to be found. Is this intended?

I didn't log off or sleep in between, the items just disappeared or were swept so far into the ocean that I couldn't find them..
5:13 pm, August 30, 2021
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neuroperson replied to Sank my boat near shoreline and the items in it's storage disappeared? September 5, 2021 @ 5:29:47 am PDT

When I travel with Karve:
1. I use a hoe to chop out a small wedge to dock so it doesn’t float away
2, work bench nearby to repair and prevent despawn.
3 only in Meadows as trolls and any other biome spawn can easily demolish a harve
4 if I plan to hang out and explore I fence the boat and my shack. Usually 500 wood for a small perimeter fence that includes dock. Nice to use a discovered shack by the water
2:13 pm, September 5, 2021
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GunsForBucks replied to Sank my boat near shoreline and the items in it's storage disappeared? August 30, 2021 @ 7:54:41 am PDT

There should be boxes floating with the stuff in storage. They should not move away.

Did you have a workbench near to prevent despawn? It sounds like it shouldn't matter if the boat parts were there.. but you never know, thought I would ask.

Are you sure there was stuff in storage? The floating boxes should have been right on top of the boat parts. You have to interact with the floating boxes to get the stuff.
5:13 pm, August 30, 2021
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