Originally posted by Mharr:

Originally posted by HAHAHuH?:

raft .... middle of the ocean.

Well there's your problem.

I feel you misunderstood the intention of this thread lol
Its here to be a warning to players to do exactly opposite to taking to the ocean on said raft and to perhaps be a collection of valid uses for it outside of crossing the ocean.

Originally posted by Mharr:

The raft is simply an emergency don't drown measure for shallow but wide water in the very early game when you don't have the food or swimming level to safely cross a river.

this is the kinda stuff!
Seems to be a general consensus, shallows and rivers with occasional heavy ore spotting/transport around the starting island.