Originally posted by MF:

I really felt that I might've stood a chance had I room to move but no I was on my boat, which he destroyed. I drowned.

I don't know if you could have made it with a wraith already that close to the boat, by the time it gets full speed. My first encounter with a wraith was precisely on a boat, but I was paddling backward toward the shore and this strange tower, and the wind was blowing from the land. When I realize that the blueish light was homing toward me, I just had to lower the sails. The wraith could reach and damage my karv, but I could escape full sail. It followed be for quite a time, though.