Originally posted by Nightlistic:

I spent about 5 hours the other day at a snails pace just trying to get my ship back to port. Made the mistake of thinking "oh lets explore the coastline of that island" only to find out most islands in my seed are more than double the size of my starting island. The wind in addition to the rain seem to work in tandem to to cause as much damage as it could to my ship, and make sure I couldn't escape a sea serpent. Tried going with the wind, and only seconds after doing that the wind would make a massive change in direction forcing me to go the same way I was just going. This went on for around 5 hours. I eventually gave up getting home via the ocean, got as close to a black forest as I could and luckily the sea serpent destroyed my ship close enough to shore I was able to avoid dying. Mined to some crypts, and made a portal to connect to a emergency portal I always put up before going out for long expeditions. On day 246 so far without dying. Still love the game, the ocean mechanics themselves are really amazing. Weather is kinda wonky, and seems to rain more than have sunshine but it is what it is. Love the game. :NekoFun:

A 5 hour sailing journey means one of two things; either you sailed from one end of the map to the other, or you are severely misunderstanding something about the sailing system in this game.