Originally posted by Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

However you still have to be careful. Mobs will attack the chest and break it. Then the items on the ground are subject to despawn if there is no nearby workbench.

My advice is to bury a workbench near the chest. That way you will not lose the workbench or the items if mobs break the chest.

If the boat is sufficiently far from shore, it will be safe. I don't like the idea of storing a boat in the chest. I like the challenge of finding a way to dock a boat and make it safe.

The advice I gave applies whether it is in a chest or on shore.
Please do not try to discredit my advice if you do not understand it.

I have lost boats after mobs destroyed the nearby workbench. Since the workbench was gone then items were subject to normal despawn rules rather than no despawn within a workbench area. Hence why I said to bury the workbench.