Originally posted by Gladi8er65:

Originally posted by Greymantle:

If the raft wasn't so worthless I would use it. Thanks for the information.

The raft is not meant for long ocean voyages... Its for crossing water that is a bit too wide to swim, while still being able to see the other side. Taking the raft out in the open ocean is asking for trouble.

Worthless? Not meant for long ocean trips?
Nay, Nay!
the raft is great. For the cost of little more than bashing a group of idiot dwarfs over the head, you can hop onto some mostly submerged logs tied together with an old shoe string, leave your clothes and weapons and everything in a chest, and sail off into the sunset without a care. Found the plains and dead? No problem, no need to recover that empty corpse or that leaky old boat, tap a rock in the forest and you are all set to try it again! You can explore in complete safety and ghetto warp home at any time by simply jumping in the water for a short swim.

Its also great for fetching your real boat after an incident, if you for some reason took off wearing gear or in a boat that you care about.